International students and scholars at the University of Iowa contributed more than $101 million toward the state of Iowa’s economy last year, according to data recently released by the National Association of Foreign Student Advisors.

Sure, it’s got a good beat and you dance to it, but Gangnam Style is more than your usual pop trifle about never getting back together or calling me, maybe.

More than 300 students from eastern Iowa and western Illinois attended the 16th annual UI College of Education's International Day for Human Rights Nov. 6. This year’s event focused on the “Human Right to Political Participation.” International Day is designed to educate students on local and global human rights issues.

The Mill in downtown Iowa City plays host to the University of Iowa School of Music’s jazz series, which features student ensembles and collaborations with professors from the jazz program. Each installment features one or two particular groups focusing on a style or sub-genre of jazz.

Audrey Altman, master's student in the UI School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) in the Graduate College, will present “Attack of the Digital Map! The Wonderful Monsters We Create When Humanities and Technology Collide,” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in room 3052 of the University of Iowa Main Library.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason issued the following statement today: "Regarding the recent media reports about Peter Gray, it is a confidential personnel matter and the University of Iowa will not make any additional comment. However, I want to assure you that we are continuing to review all the details regarding this matter and how it was handled. Once all the facts are known, I will...

More than 1,500 wrestling fans jammed the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex over three sessions Thursday, Friday, and Saturday to watch this year's wrestle-offs.

Pianist Michael Brown and cellist Nicholas Canellakis, both of New York, will perform a free public concert at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 18, in the Senate Chamber of the University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum. The performance will feature music by Brown as well as by Dvorak and Brahms.

Patrick Fischer of Lone Tree, Iowa, a double major in physics and astronomy in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has won a scholarship that may help him to achieve his goal of one day studying processes on planets and moons that hold the potential for life.

The university’s innovative and award-winning Energy Control Center has realized more than $500,000 in energy savings and helped reduce energy consumption to meet our 2020 Vision, which is to hold energy consumption at 2010 levels, irrespective of campus growth.

On Nov. 9, NASA renamed a recently launched mission to study Earth's Van Allen radiation belts as the Van Allen Probes mission in honor of the late James A. Van Allen, U.S. space pioneer and longtime distinguished professor of physics in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Leaders of Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa have named three researchers as recipients of the second round of the 2012 American Cancer Society seed grant awards.