Building on the success of its first high-performance computing (HPC) cluster, the UI is now building a second “supercomputer” that will be available to researchers early next year. The Board of Regents, State of Iowa on Wednesday approved the purchase of the new system, which will significantly boost the university’s HPC capacity from 3,700 to 6,132 processor cores.

Undergraduate enrollment at the University of Iowa is holding steady after last fall’s record high, with 21,974 students compared to 21,999 in 2012.

Priya Pennathur, assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, has received $671,951 for a three-year research project from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, to understand and model how health care providers create, use, and transform health information in their work.

The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases when it convenes at the University of Iowa College of Law as part of the law school’s annual Supreme Court Day events on Friday, Sept. 20.

Phillip Lopate, the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program’s first visiting writer of the academic year, will read from his work at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, in Room 101 of Biology Building East on the UI campus. The reading is one of several events scheduled around Lopate’s visit; all are free and open to the public.

A writer and a computer scientist will offer their takes on what lies ahead for technology, culture, and more during a special event that kicks off a yearlong look into possible futures, sponsored by the UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies.

Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Michelle Herman will read from her book "Stories We Tell Ourselves" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, 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.

Curtis Bauer will read from his new book of poetry, "The Real Cause for Your Absence," at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, 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.

When Mark Hankins was hired as the head men’s golf coach at the University of Iowa in 2008, the program was ranked 155th in the nation. It didn’t take Hankins long to elevate the program into a national presence.

In the first week of classes alone, the Information Technology Services Help Desk assisted nearly 5,600 faculty, staff, and students with technology questions—about 3½ times the volume of a typical week in the semester.

University of Iowa officials briefed members of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa Facilities Committee today, Tuesday, Sept. 10, on progress toward soliciting ideas and potential partners for a new home for the UI Museum of Art, which was displaced from its building along the Iowa River by the 2008 flood.

Get a sneak preview into a powerful new imaging device to arrive at the University of Iowa this fall. Speakers at a symposium on Thursday, Sept. 12 will describe the 7 Tesla's research capabilities and uses. The UI will be one of only about 20 research institutes with the instrument.