Eleanor Catton, alumna of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, has been honored with the 2013 Man Booker Prize for her second novel, "The Luminaries." At 28, Catton is the youngest author to win the Booker Prize; at 832 pages, "The Luminaries" is the longest work to win the prize in its 45-year history.

Fiona Sze-Lorrain will read from her recent book of poetry, "My Funeral Gondola," at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, 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.

University of Iowa law professor Pat Bauer has been obsessed with Bob Dylan since he was a kid growing up in the 1960s. He now offers up his admiration to the highest bidder in a fundraiser auction for the College of Law's Equal Justice Foundation.

Marlon James, assistant professor of English at Macalester College, will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House.

This Friday, Oct. 18, University of Iowa President Sally Mason will commemorate the naming of the University of Iowa Stephen A. Wynn Institute for Vision Research on the UI campus.

In 1972, downtown Iowa City had three movie houses that screened the popular films of the day, but something was missing. Student aficionados of art, foreign, and classic films knew what that was and formed the Bijou Theater, a place to see art-house cinema on a regular basis.

At the upcoming Assignment Design Institute Saturday, Oct. 19, participants can learn how to create and implement classroom assignments that foster innovation and invite students to engage with broader communities through the use of audio, video, still images, and other technologies.

One Community, One Book, an annual reading program held by the UI Center for Human Rights, will host the film "William and the Windmill" as its capstone event for the 2013 choice, "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present “Not in Kansas Anymore: Percussive Improvisations,” an evening-length musical exploration showcasing the creative energies of NYC-based drummer Matt Wilson and UI professor of percussion Dan Moore, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the Art Building West auditorium.

The Main Library Learning Commons just opened this fall, but it has already become a hub for University of Iowa students. No wonder that the Office of Admissions chose the facility for the first installment of its "On Location" video series.

With an unprecedented rate of flood recovery, health care, and other construction projects taking place around the UI campus including University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, officials remind students, faculty and staff, patients and other visitors to campus to follow the designated alternate routes of travel, obey all traffic signals and signs, and stay alert near construction zones.

Jon Ronson’s work takes him everywhere—to the weirdest corners of the human mind, sites of mysterious events, and meetings of extraordinary people. Hear about his adventures firsthand when Ronson speaks at the University of Iowa Wednesday, Oct. 16.