Poets Richard Kenney and Carol Light will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House.

When the Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament concluded Dec. 17 at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif., former University of Iowa men's golf standout Vince India moved one step closer to his ultimate goal of competing on the PGA Tour.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $3 million to the University of Iowa and 14 partner institutions to fund an innovative two-year project, "Humanities Without Walls." Faculty members who wish to take part in the collaborative are invited to apply for Obermann seed grants.

The University of Iowa men's gymnastics team has returned to action after recording its best finish at the NCAA Championships a year ago.

UI Communication Sciences and Disorders professor Tricia Zebrowski and doctoral candidate Naomi Hertsberg will discuss how to measure readiness for change—both generally and as related to the management of teen stuttering—Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 4 p.m. in the UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies.

Because few students understand how cell phones and other electronic devices are made and how they work, the University of Iowa Microfabrication Facility, part of the Optical Science and Technology Center, has established a course on the subject.

The brass area of the University of Iowa School of Music will host a free performance by the Marine Band San Diego Brass Quintet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

Former Iowa Writers’ Workshop faculty Margot Livesey will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House.

A $1.5 million gift from University of Iowa alumnus Norman E. Johnson and his wife, Barbara J. Johnson, of Naples, Fla. and Franklin, Tenn., will benefit two areas within UI Health Care—the Department of Otolaryngology in the Carver College of Medicine, and the new UI Children’s Hospital.

Voice votes, common in civic and political decision making at all levels, can be skewed by a single, loud voice, according to a study led by the University of Iowa. The researchers propose locating everyone within equal distance from the vote recorder or controlling for sound on voters’ microphones. Results appear in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumna and former visiting faculty member Ayana Mathis will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House.

A prestigious award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will help a University of Iowa engineering professor to create 3D-printed pancreatic endocrine tissues to effectively manage diabetes.