Influential multi-instrumentalist and composer Peter Apfelbaum, founder of the Hieroglyphics Ensemble, will be a special guest soloist in a free concert by the University of Iowa's Johnson County Landmark big band at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 13, in the Englert Theater.

The Latin Jazz Ensemble of the University of Iowa School of Music will be joined by guest artists Rich Medd, trombone, and John Lorenz, bata, in a free concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 15, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

President Barack Obama has appointed Christopher Merrill, director of the University of Iowa International Writing Program, to the National Council on the Humanities.

Mauricio Lasansky, who led the UI printmaking area in the School of Art and Art History to international prominence, died April 2 at the age of 97. His work, including his famous "Nazi Drawings," is featured in the collections of virtually every major art museum in the United States and Europe.

University of Iowa sociologist Mary Noonan's research found that long-term breastfeeding entails an economic cost to women, in the form of decreased earnings.

MusicIC 2012, Iowa City’s summer classical music festival, returns for a second year with a week-long series of concerts and other events June 10-16. This year’s festival includes more musicians, a concert and scavenger hunt for families, and an ambitious attempt to theatricalize one of the concerts.

The University of Iowa Center for New Music will host the Third Annual Composition Festival, an event of the Exchange of Midwestern Collegiate Composers (EMCC), with four free public concerts Friday, April 13, and Saturday, April 14.

City of the Big Shoulders: An Anthology of Chicago Poetry is now available from the University of Iowa Press.

UI political scientist Tim Hagle assesses the impact of the "Obama factor," on politicians running for public office in 2012.

New software developed by UI student and faculty will aid in preparations for evacuation during future floods.

Gary Fethke of the Tippie College of Business asks why college tuition goes up. And the answer is because taxpayer support goes down.

Gary Fethke of the Tippie College of Business co-wrote an opinion piece about the challenges facing public education in the United States as state support dwindles.