Because of the flood situation and closure of the University of Iowa arts campus this week, the UI School of Music has canceled its summer music camps, scheduled to take place June 9-28.

Community information and resources, including volunteers opportunities, road and building closures, weather and flood forecast tools and updates by Johnson County, Iowa City, Coralville and other cities and governmental agencies.

The University of Iowa completed flood protection efforts around Mayflower Residence Hall Friday morning and is on track to close Theater Building and the Museum of Art building, which houses a portion of the School of Music, by the end of the day.

Scenes from day three of University of Iowa campus flood preparations, as protective barriers go up along the east and west banks of the Iowa River.

4:02 p.m.: The live video stream for the Friday, May 31 flood-preparation news briefing has concluded. An archived version is available below.

David Plowden’s Iowa, a book featuring four decades of the acclaimed photographer’s images of Iowa, is also an exhibit. Both the exhibit and the photographer will be at the Old Capitol Museum on the University of Iowa campus Friday, June 7, for a reception and artist’s talk.

It just makes sense that the Preservation Hall Jazz Band (PHJB) would be booked to provide the music for “Living With Floods,” a statewide project to commemorate historic floods in 2008 and 2011.

Chuck Swanson and the staff at Hancher had a germ of an idea. The performing arts organization wanted to work with the UI College of Engineering. Little did they know that they would spread a contagion across the entire state and even down the Mississippi River to New Orleans.

Two University of Iowa business professors have been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop new models to help businesses improve workforce development and employee training.

A new film from the University of Iowa Center for the Book reveals important findings about historical papermaking processes. The 10-minute documentary shows UI Associate Professor Tim Barrett and his graduate student co-workers experimenting with centuries-old methods to answer current questions about paper quality, conservation, and aesthetics.

Teamwork and preparation are both key for the University of Iowa in anticipation of potential flooding on campus to protect buildings and resources, but, more important, UI students, faculty, staff, and community members. View the photo gallery to see the activity underway.

The University of Iowa continued putting protective measures in place Thursday as rainfall predictions and planned releases from the Coralville reservoir are expected to push the Iowa River beyond its banks in Iowa City by early next week.