Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and University of Iowa President Sally Mason announced today (Thursday, Oct. 24) that the UI and the Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities will jointly develop an online Iowa history course and history resource website that will be made available statewide.

The period instrument duo ADASTRA, comprised of violinist Jennifer Roig-Francoli and harpsichordist Vivian Montgomery, will present a free public concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, in Riverside Recital Hall on the University of Iowa campus.

In an effort to deepen the pool of IT and web development workers in the state, the University of Iowa has developed a series of workshops and boot camps to develop Iowa’s workforce in cutting-edge technologies.

The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine will host a Mini Medical School program on lung health on Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the Adler Health Education Center at Genesis Medical Center East located at 1236 E. Rusholme St., in Davenport.

Joan Kjaer Kirkman will never forget the welcome her daughter received at the UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her family's experience inspires Kirkman to support the search for new treatments and, eventually, cures.

University of Iowa theatre arts alumna Tanna Frederick's Project Cornlight initiative, which aims to boost the film and performing arts industries in Iowa, will screen a rough cut of its first feature film, "Garner, Iowa," Friday, Oct. 25 at the Iowa Independent Film Festival in Mason City.

When fans show up for a Hawkeye football game, everything is as it should be. But readying Kinnick Stadium for a game requires a small army and hours of preparation.

A second $10 million gift commitment from Jerre and Mary Joy Stead of Scottsdale, Ariz., will advance children's medicine at the University of Iowa by creating four new faculty chairs and establishing funds to support innovation and leadership development.

Douglas Bauer will read from his new book from University of Iowa Press, "What Happens Next? Matters of Life and Death," at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.

What better way to spend Halloween weekend than with morbid dreams and undersea monsters? From Oct. 31 to Nov. 3, the UI Department of Theatre Arts will present "Dreams I Have About Killing My Sister," a new play by third-year MFA playwright Lisa Meyers, directed by first-year MFA director Marina Johnson.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a performance by the UI Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of William LaRue Jones, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union. The performance, featuring world-renowned violinist Kyle Dillingham, is free and the public is welcome.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free recital by UI professor of piano Réne Lecuona and guest artist (and former School of Music lecturer) Hannah Holman at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.