The UI Center for Human Rights announces the opening of its annual Burns H. Weston International Human Rights Essay Prize, which honors the work of UI students and the lifetime work of Professor Burns H. Weston of the College of Law.

University of Iowa Earth Month activities will conclude with a free screening of "Where the Yellowstone Goes," at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 30 in the Illinois Room of the Iowa Memorial Union.

Treatment for a brain tumor at a young age paralyzed the left side of Natalie Wright's face leaving her with a one-sided smile. Now, thanks to a chance conversation with a neighbor and the expertise of a University of Iowa facial plastic surgeon, Natalie’s dream of reclaiming her smile is within reach.

The University of Iowa Opera Theatre will present "La clemenza di Tito" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Thursday-Sunday, May 2-5, in the Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City.

Area middle and high school students’ original works of art garnered through new genres and techniques from University of Iowa art education students will be on display from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at United Action for Youth, 355 Iowa Ave. in Iowa City.

Christine Sneed will read from her latest book, "Little Known Facts," at 7 p.m. Friday, May 3, 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 faculty, staff, and graduate students are invited to participate in a workshop, Public Engagement in Higher Education, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 26 at the UI College of Public Health.

The University of Iowa is one of the 322 most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada, according to The Princeton Review. This is the fourth year in a row that the UI has been listed in the guide.

University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who’s making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.

The University of Iowa Mock Trial (UIMT) team competed at the National Championship Tournament in Washington, D.C., April 12-14.

David Dowling will present “Escaping the Shallows: Deep Reading’s Revival in the Digital Age” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25 for the Public Digital Humanities for Lunch series.

University of Iowa research has resulted in a discovery that may help physicians and other researchers to better understand normal inner ear development as well as diseases of the inner ear.