Long before movies were about glamour and allure, before red carpets and who are you wearing, when Hollywood was just a small town in California, the motion picture industry was a business in its infancy trying to figure out its future.

Ames High School senior Aparna Ajjarapu is one of more than 150 top science and math students from across the state participating in the 2014 Iowa Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Thursday and Friday, Feb. 27 and 28, on the University of Iowa campus.

The Iowa Memorial Union footbridge will be closed to all pedestrian traffic from March 3-17. Alternate pedestrian river crossings are located at the Hancher footbridge to the north, or Iowa Avenue to the south.

Ragamala Dance is committed to preserving an important dance heritage while pushing the art form forward. "Sacred Earth" unifies this unique dance vision with other forms of art. The UI’s Hancher will present Ragamala Dance March 6 and 7 at Space Place Theater.

Ed Wasserman and Kristian Markon in the University of Iowa Department of Psychology have received national awards for their work.

More than 150 employers will attend the University of Iowa's spring job and career fair, looking to hire UI students for full-time jobs and internships.

The University of Iowa celebrated the new Main Library Learning Commons with a grand opening on Feb. 21.

An innovative cross-disciplinary course in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has computer science students working with performing arts students to choreograph a dance, and then program a troupe of robots to perform it.

In a statement last week in response to campus concerns about the number of Timely Warnings this school year, University of Iowa President Sally Mason called sexual assault a crime for which there is no excuse.

All told, the UI Foundation and the University of Iowa brought home nearly two dozen awards from the annual competition, which recognizes creative excellence in advertising and promotional materials.

The University of Iowa’s Old Capitol Museum will launch a semester of events paying homage to classic author Edgar Allan Poe with a screening of "The Masque of the Red Death" at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26 in the Senate Chamber.

The precautionary boil advisory issued Thursday, Feb. 20 for Iowa City west of Riverside Drive and University Heights has been lifted.