University of Iowa adjunct professor Jessica Anthony brings dance to displaced and incarcerated youth at the Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo. Her workshop, Hope in Motion, draws upon the narratives of its participants to create expressive movements and empower young girls and women.

The University of Iowa Health Alliance will announce a major commitment over several years to help fund the Iowa Rural Physician Loan Repayment Program at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6 in the Medical Education and Research Facility atrium on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City.

A new study from University of Iowa researcher Ning Li finds that sometimes, leaders don’t need to be transformational to lead a highly productive group. Sometimes, it might even be better for a solid, stable manager who is seen as just one of the gang.

The Iowa Board of Regents on Wednesday, Dec. 4 approved a tuition reduction of 16.4 percent for students in the University of Iowa College of Law’s J.D. program. The new rates, which take effect in fall 2014, will apply to new and continuing resident students and to entering nonresident students.

Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumni Kate Christiansen and D.A. Powell will give a free reading at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House on the University of Iowa campus.

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, voted today (Wednesday, Dec. 4) to approve the naming of the Voxman Music Building, the University of Iowa School of Music facility slated for completion in 2016, in honor of longtime director and faculty member Himie Voxman.

Leonard A. Hadley and Manny Villafana will receive honorary University of Iowa degrees in recognition of their contributions to industry, civic involvement, and support for UI students and programs. The Iowa Board of Regents approved the degrees during its Dec. 4 meeting.

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, today (Wednesday, Dec. 4) approved a request from the University of Iowa to re-name the UI Cardiovascular Research Center in honor of its founder, Francois Abboud, M.D.

For more than three decades, the successful Saturday Art Workshops have engaged the community's young artists in the creative process while also offering aspiring art teachers the chance to practice their profession thanks to University of Iowa College of Education’s Art Education faculty and students.

The University of Iowa Museum of Art is seeking 12 artists to create wearable works of art inspired by Pollock’s Mural. Works will be featured in a fashion show at the Museum Party and then displayed for two weeks in downtown Iowa City.

A University of Iowa research team has developed an algorithm for dating sites that uses a person’s contact history to recommend more compatible partners, similar to the method used by Netflix to suggest movies based on users' viewing history.

The University of Iowa School of Music Department of Jazz will present the 2013 Latin Jazz Festival, which features a major concert on Thursday, Dec. 12, and a daylong educational event for area high school musicians on Friday, Dec. 13.