The University of Iowa College of Public Health is honoring three practitioners in Iowa as "Public Health Heroes" for improving wellness and disease prevention in the state. The ceremony takes place today, Thursday, Nov. 8, at the College of Public Health.

A team of researchers in the University of Iowa College of Engineering has received a three-year, $1 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop an improved nuclear and radioactive threat detection network for the United States.

The St. Lawrence String Quartet is one of the world's great ensembles, and in this Hancher performance the music celebrates another famed ensemble.

Daniel Reed, the UI's new vice president for research and economic development, seeks to provide the "seed corn" to expand research programs at the UI and accelerate promising advances into the marketplace.

"The Selected Letters of Elizabeth Stoddard," edited by Jennifer Putzi and Elizabeth Stockton, is now available from the University of Iowa Press.

Pilobolus Dance Theatre has performed for nearly 20,000 people in Iowa City over the years. This time, however, the famed company will perform for intimate audiences.

"The Iowa Lakeside Laboratory: A Century of Discovering the Nature of Nature" by Michael J. Lannoo is now available in paperback from the Bur Oak Books series of the University of Iowa Press.

Pianist Michael Brown and cellist Nicholas Canellakis, both of New York, will perform in the atrium of the John Colloton Pavilion at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics at noon Monday, Nov. 19. The performance is free and open to the public.

The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will hold open auditions Nov. 10-15 for more than 75 roles in 10 spring productions. General auditions will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, and from 6 to 10 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11. Callbacks will be held from 6 to 11 p.m. Monday-Thursday, Nov. 12-15.

On Tuesday, Nov. 27, the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine will host a Mini Medical School program, "Personal Genetic Information: Its Power, Promise, and Problems."

The Old Capitol Museum is beginning its fall film screening series Thursday, Nov. 8, with "Love and Valor." The free movie and film director’s talk will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. in Macbride Auditorium.

When University of Iowa law professor Enrique Carrasco reads a legal case about contract law, he doesn’t see a dry recitation of facts and obligations. He sees drama.