Iowa Writers' Workshop alumna Jennifer duBois was one of the 10 emerging writers conferred a 2013 Whiting Writers' Award at a ceremony in New York City on Oct. 21.

Craig Just, a University of Iowa assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, aims to infuse international perspectives into his teaching, but he knows that hearing about the world is no substitute for seeing it firsthand.

Visiting professor Andrew Stewart will give a lecture, “Individuality and Innovation in Greek Sculpture,” Monday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Art Building West on the University of Iowa campus. The talk is free and open to the public.

The Global Warm Mix Asphalt Workshop will be held Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 30 and 31, at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Coralville, co-sponsored by the University of Iowa and several companies.

A group of marketing MBA students in the University of Iowa’s Tippie School of Management is among the best in the country for driving traffic to the websites of nonprofit organizations using Google AdWords.

The University of Iowa College of Engineering hosted a group of faculty members and administrators Oct. 21 from various universities in India.

The University of Iowa Opera Theater will perform "Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill" at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8 and 9, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, in The Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free recital by Mark Ponzo (cornet) and JeongSoo Kim (piano) at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall in downtown Iowa City.

Jami Attenberg will read from her most recent novel, "The Middlesteins," at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, 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.

Joshua Weiner and Peter Campion will read from their poetry at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, 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.

Drawing on musical influences from around the globe, Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy offer up a performance filled with fiddling, dancing, and song when University of Iowa’s Hancher presents Masters of the Fiddle Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. at the Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City.

University of Iowa Police are investigating a report of a strong-arm robbery around 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, on Melrose and Grand Avenues, near the Boyd Law Building.