The public is invited to a free lecture by prominent media activist Robert McChesney as he discusses the role media play in democratic societies on Monday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m. in W128 Chemistry Building on the University of Iowa campus.

University of Iowa shared governance presidents share an op-ed that encourages talking about both problems and solutions related to sexual assault.

Poet Brenda Hillman, alumna of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 4, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House.

UI President Sally Mason outlines what the University of Iowa is doing to confront the problem of sexual assault—educating students, supporting survivors, and holding offenders accountable.

The University of Iowa will sponsor "Lessons in Drag" on Sunday, March 2, a performance that raises issues of gender and explores South Asian popular culture. The performance will be followed by a next-day panel discussion on March 3, exploring India's penal code that has widely been understood to criminalize homosexuality.

The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will produce "Absurd Person Singular," a ferociously funny play by the master of British comedy, Alan Ayckbourn, as its next Mainstage production. The production will open March 6 in the David Thayer Theatre of the UI Theatre Building, 200 N. Riverside Drive.

Some 4,000 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the Dean's List for the 2013 fall semester. The UI is partnering with Merit, the flagship software created by readMedia in New York, to promote and recognize outstanding student achievement on campus.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason's letter to The Daily Iowan editorial page, published Feb. 24, 2014.

The problem of sexual assault is a challenge for campuses and communities nationally. At the University of Iowa, we are directly confronting this problem. We are being transparent about the issue, and we are using research-based solutions to address it. Here are the facts.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a guest artist recital by Dylan Thomas Chmura-Moore, assistant professor of music at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 3, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall. The recital is free and open to the public.

Why don't we remember what we hear? University of Iowa researchers may have an answer: In experiments, the team found we forget a sound as soon as four to eight seconds after being exposed to it. Tha suggests our brain may process auditory information differently from visual and tactile information.

More than 15,000 of the college’s alumni and friends have made gifts totaling more than $100 million to the UI Foundation supporting College of Liberal Arts and Sciences students, faculty, staff, programs, and facilities during the "For Iowa. Forever More." fundraising campaign.