The University of Iowa Museum of Art has received a grant award of $2,100 from Humanities Iowa, a state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, in support of a program called Senior Living Communities.

University Archives recently acquired a gem of a donation: the earliest-known recording of a young singer at the dawn of a remarkable and distinguished career, UI graduate Simon Estes.

Media representatives and invited guests are welcome to attend a groundbreaking event for the new University of Iowa Children’s Hospital Friday, June 21, at 3:30 p.m. at the Colloton Patio, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

University of Iowa ophthalmologists have tested a new drug to treat age-related macular degeneration in older patients. The researchers report that half of the eyes treated responded to the new drug, Eylea, with reduced fluid in the eyes, while one in three had improved vision after six months. Results appear in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.

Former pediatric patients will play a leading role in the groundbreaking ceremony for the new UI Children’s Hospital, which will begin at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, June 21, on the patio of the John Colloton Pavilion at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

With little rainfall over the weekend, and no substantial precipitation forecast for at least the first part of the week ahead, the Iowa River continues to recede.

In 1972, Preservation Hall Jazz Band was the first act to play the newly opened Hancher Auditorium. Last week, the band came back to town to mark progress toward a new Hancher and to tell communities across Iowa that, when it comes to confronting floods, we’re all in this together.

Who could guess that in the heart of the Karakum Desert we would be introduced to a romance writer from our own country? Such is the beauty of cultural diplomacy: we learn strange truths; dispel stereotypes and correct misimpressions; meet one another on common ground, this time in a library.

The University of Iowa Facilities Management has received APPA's 2013 Sustainability Award.

The University of Iowa Honorary Degree Selection Committee seeks nominations for the 2013-14 awards. Nomination materials are due by July 19.

The University of Iowa, the University of Iowa Foundation, and the UI arts community hosted the Celebration of Partnership on Friday, June 14—an event that honored shared efforts to rebuild UI arts facilities following the historic flood of 2008.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason’s message was clear. “I can say thank you over and over again to each and every one of you,” she said, “and it wouldn’t be enough.” She addressed government leaders, faculty, staff, students, and community members at a June 14 event marking the start of construction on new UI arts facilities.