University of Iowa accounting and law students will again provide free tax return preparation services to qualifying persons this year as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.

The University of Iowa’s Hancher will co-present "La Maleta" with the Englert Theatre at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, at the Englert in downtown Iowa City. This poignant story of social justice and inclusivity is told through the vivid imagination of a young girl.

Parents and guardians of current or former pediatric patients of University of Iowa Children’s Hospital are invited to nominate their child as a Kid Captain for the Hawkeyes’ 2015 football season. Nominations will be accepted through March 24.

The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will present "Luck of the Irish" by UI Playwrights Workshop alumna Kirsten Greenidge. This production will be on stage at 8 p.m. March 5-7 and 11-14, and at 2 p.m. March 8 in the David Thayer Theatre of the UI Theatre Building.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason on Thursday outlined significant progress on some of her key goals over the next few months, which include increasing enrollment and positioning the university.

The University of Iowa is presenting "A Deeper Black: Race in America," a lecture by Ta-Nehisi Coates, a national correspondent with The Atlantic and author of “The Beautiful Struggle,” on Wednesday, Feb. 25, at the Englert Theatre. At the conclusion of the lecture, Coates will moderate a community conversation.

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In March, the University of Iowa Alumni Association will be holding a special Lifelong Learning presentation in Davenport featuring UI President Sally Mason called “The University for Iowa: A Legacy of Service and Engagement,” which celebrates the UI’s proud, three-century history of teaching, research, and community enhancement.

With the click of just a few buttons on a smartphone, TraumaHawk enables state troopers to share photos and information from a crash scene with trauma doctors long before a patient arrives in the emergency room.

As the undergraduate dean in the Henry B. Tippie College of Business, Ken Brown draws on his experience as a father. Every day he strives to make Tippie the kind of place where his young daughters would have a great educational experience and be successful.

American employers are hiring again, and that economic improvement means another record number of organizations will be represented at this spring’s career fair, with hundreds of jobs, internships, and other career opportunities waiting for University of Iowa students on Wednesday, Feb. 25, in the Iowa Memorial Union.

A spring semester course required of all first-year students in the Tippie School of Management’s full-time M.B.A. program givens them an opportunity to gain experience by working with real-life clients on real-life business challenges.