The Iowa Board of Regent's president emphasized the board's commitment to making the state’s universities stronger and described a new project to enhance affordability, accessibility, and educational quality.

As the Nazis murdered millions of people, they also perpetrated the greatest mass theft in history, says former congressman and UI faculty member Jim Leach. He’ll offer his perspective on the topic during a Feb. 25 talk in Des Moines.

It was a matter of time, University of Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder said of her quest for milestone victory No. 270 leading the Hawkeyes.

Marcelo Mena-Carrasco, a University of Iowa College of Engineering alumnus, has been named to a cabinet post in the administration of Chile’s president-elect Michelle Bachelet.

Christopher Morphew, professor and department executive officer for education policy and leadership studies, has been appointed the executive associate dean for research and innovation of the University of Iowa College of Education.

University of Iowa graduate student Emily Inman was diagnosed with a condition called aplastic anemia was she was 10 years old. She now plans to use her own experience with pediatric cancer to help other young survivors.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the UI Chamber Orchestra, conducted by William LaRue Jones, director of orchestral studies in the UI School of Music, at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

An all-day workshop titled "Global leadership starts here: A U.S.-China student workshop on the undergraduate experience at Iowa" will be held Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Adler Journalism Building on the University of Iowa campus.

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History invites you to come out of the cold and come along for a different kind of snowy adventure as it presents "The Amazing Adventures of Willy the Woolly," performed by Eulenspiegel Puppets at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15.

The University of Iowa Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature and the UI School of Art and Art History will present “Exploring the Cinematic Essay: Wandering in Practice and Presentation,” an event featuring UI alumnus Jonathan Rattner, at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14, in Room E105 of Adler Journalism Building on the UI campus.

Interested in doing some good in the community? Lending a helping hand could be as easy as eating a cookie. The University of Iowa Ceramics Society and Historic Foodies will host an Empty Bowl Sale from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, in the Old Capitol Town Center.

Herky took to the dance floor along with University of Iowa students, oncology patients, and their family members and friends during the 20th UI Dance Marathon. The Big Event raised $1,801,032.20—$300,000 more than last year and the largest amount in the event’s history.