The University of Iowa issued a Crime Alert on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014.

The University of Iowa’s Hancher is collaborating with both Summer of the Arts in Iowa City and Legion Arts in Cedar Rapids to present a full evening of entertainment on Friday, Sept. 19, during the Iowa Soul Festival.

Gifts and grants is a roundup of research grants obtained by University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students that spans the spectrum of disciplines—from science and social science to the art and humanities—that will be published in Iowa Now on a regular basis.

The University of Iowa Department of Public Safety will test the Hawk Alert emergency notification system on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 10 a.m. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to take part by receiving messages and updating their contact settings.

University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who's making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.

Before an observatory was placed atop Van Allen Hall in the 1960s, students had opportunities to view the night sky from a number of locations you might not have known about.

A University of Iowa program supports innovative instructional technology projects with potential to directly impact student success and retention.

Before the Cy-Hawk football series kicked off Saturday afternoon, the University of Iowa Army ROTC cadets carried the game ball into the Beat State Week Pep Rally.

The University of Iowa Council on the Status of Women, Rape Victim Advocacy Program, and the UI Women's Resource and Action Center will host a screening and discussion of the film "It Was Rape," by Jennifer Baumgardner, Sept. 18 and 21 at two different locations.

Hancher is a participant in the U.S. Department of States' Center Stage program. Programming director Jacob Yarrow and others will discuss music diplomacy in an online event on Monday, Sept. 15.

Finkbine Golf Course and Blue Top Ridge Golf Course's Jim Dickerson has been named the 2014 Patriot Award recipient by the PGA of America.

University of Iowa alumnus Franklin D. Trueblood’s lifelong interest in medical innovation inspired an estate gift that will dramatically enhance cutting-edge genetics research in the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.