As the United States reopens embassies all over the Middle East and Africa, 34 writers from 31 countries and territories—including Egypt, Yemen, Pakistan, Bahrain, and Iran—prepare to travel to Iowa City to prove that the arts—literature, in particular—know no borders.

The University of Iowa has a new dome protecting its rooftop astronomical observatory atop Van Allen Hall, courtesy of a grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust. The dome, an important part of the observatory used for undergraduate student instruction, replaces one that had become outdated for classroom and public use and had been in place since Van Allen Hall was constructed in the early...

A little sun, a little rain, a lot of activity. That aptly sums up 2013 move-in week for University of Iowa students and their families. Numerous volunteers helped the students make a smooth transition into the residence halls, the place they'll call home for the coming academic year.

University of Iowa Facilities Management has canceled a series of short steam blows along Hawkins Drive, just north of the Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center, that were originally scheduled to start at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, August 27, and were to end by noon the same day.

Friday night’s On Iowa! kickoff event at Kinnick Stadium will mean increased pedestrian traffic in the area surrounding the stadium and UI Hospitals and Clinics.

Media representatives and first-year students are invited to tour the new Learning Commons spaces in the University of Iowa Main Library, including group study rooms, Food for Thought Café, open study spaces, and TILE classroom, starting at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 25.

Sugarcoat, a food trailer selling vegan treats, will hit the streets of downtown Las Vegas this fall. The project, the brainchild of 14 University of Iowa students and faculty member David Gould, grew out of coffee shops and restaurants, Saturday night brainstorming sessions and weekend road trips. It "pushed the envelope of what a college class could look like."

Peter Thorne, UI professor and head of occupational and environmental health, will look at climate change from a public health angle in his Aug. 29 lecture, “Protecting Respiratory Health in a Changing Climate: David, Meet Goliath.”

When the new academic year begins Monday, Aug. 26, the University of Iowa will open the new Learning Commons in the Main Library, a tech-infused, 24-hour, comfortable study space and one-stop academic help center…with good coffee.

Middle school students in Cedar Rapids attend a technology camp to learn about tools available in a new lab at their school. The three-day camp was led by staff from the University of Iowa College of Education’s Iowa Center for Assistive Technology Education and Research (ICATER), which is partnering with the school to build the unique lab, making assistive technology learning tools available to...

The University of Iowa Children's Hospital is seeking entries from artists living in Iowa and surrounding states whose work may be considered for purchase for the new UI Children’s Hospital.

In just three years, the On Iowa! program has become a University of Iowa campus tradition, bringing together some 4,500 students, hundreds of faculty and staff, and others throughout the UI community. This year, program goes even bigger.