Novelist and short-story writer Rilla Askew will read from her new book, "Kind of Kin," at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, 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.

George Weiner, M.D., director of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa, has been elected vice-president/president-elect of the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI). His term began January 1, and he will become AACI president in the fall of 2014.

Who are our diversity champions out making a difference? The University of Iowa Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity in the Chief Diversity Office wants to know. The office is seeking nominations for the 2013 Diversity Catalyst Awards. Nominations are due by Feb. 8.

The halls of the UI's Boyd Law Building are filled with portraits of long-term faculty members, a law school tradition going back decades.

A unique study abroad program in Peru allowed University of Iowa sophomore Macz Norton to blend study, service, and immersion for an unforgettable experience last summer.

Step back in time to a swinging 1930s nightclub at the University of Iowa Museum of Art’s New Deal Fundraiser from 8-11 p.m. on Saturday, March 2 in the Oakdale Ballroom at the Coralville Marriott Hotel & Conference Center. Tickets are $50. To order, call 319-335-1725.

One of the most intriguing ensembles in all of music returns to Iowa City with a program that includes a work co-commissioned by Hancher.

John Jeremiah Sullivan will read from his book of essays, "Pulphead," at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, 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.

The University of Iowa Martha-Ellen Tye Opera Theater will perform "Trouble in Tahiti" by Leonard Bernstein and "Amelia Goes to the Ball" by Giancarlo Menotti at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 1 and 2, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, in the Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City.

Burns Weston, emeritus professor of law at the University of Iowa College of Law, has co-authored a book that urges policy makers to take a new approach to environmental law.

John Manning, associate professor of tuba in the University of Iowa School of Music, will give a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus. The performance is free and open to the public.

Katherine van Wormer and Charletta Sudduth will read from their new book (also by David W. Jackson III), "The Maid Narratives: Black Domestics and White Families in the Jim Crow South," at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, 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.