Visiting artist Dennis Farber will give a public lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, in Room 116 of Art Building West.

In 1919, all undergraduates at the University of Iowa were required to take a drawing class. Were it not for that requirement, it’s possible that some of Europe’s greatest artistic treasures would have been destroyed by the Nazis during World War II.

A series of coincidences and a collaboration with researchers at the University of Iowa and Columbia University gave Michael Stone, Ironman triathlete, fundraiser, advocate, and author, answers about the retinal condition that has left him legally blind.

In honor of Black History Month, University Archives has digitized and published online the scrapbook of Patrobas Cassius Robinson, an African-American student who graduated from Iowa in 1927.

Six undergraduate playwrights will have their plays brought to life at the University of Iowa Ten Minute Play Festival. The festival, presented by the Department of Theatre Arts, will hold its first performances at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, in Theatre B of the UI Theatre Building. Additional shows will be held Feb. 14-16.

This weekend Iowa sports fans have plenty of opportunity to cheer on the black and gold—but there’s only one group you’ll find playing on ice. The UI Hockey Club will be closing out its 2013-14 season with a pair of home games versus St. Mary’s University of Minnesota this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7 and 8, at the Coral Ridge Ice Arena.

The Old Capitol Museum, in conjunction with the University of Iowa Special Collections and University Archives, will host a spring exhibit, "Poe: A Wilderness of Mirrors," opening Thursday, Feb. 13.

An estimated 120,000 new adults are projected to be eligible for dental care through the Iowa Health and Wellness Plan under the Affordable Care Act. As a step toward helping Iowa dentists prepare and adapt, the University of Iowa’s Public Policy Center and College of Dentistry conducted a survey late last year to investigate access to dental care in Iowa, assess capacity, and identify gaps in the...

Award-winning Ethiopian-American novelist and writer Dinaw Mengestu will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House.

Two University of Iowa researchers recently tested the ability of the world’s most advanced weather forecasting models to predict the Sept. 9-16, 2013 extreme rainfall that caused severe flooding in Boulder, Colo.

As the 20th University of Iowa Dance Marathon approaches Friday, Feb. 7, alumni reflect on the many ways the organization has impacted their lives.

The University of Iowa Center for New Music, housed within the UI School of Music, will present a free performance by the CNM Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.