Staff Council’s service recognition program acknowledges all professional & scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President.

The University of Iowa Dental Alumni Association and the College of Dentistry have named Kathryn Kell their Alumna of the Year and Jerry Dean Walker their Educator of the Year.

On Wednesday, Oct. 3, you can join hundreds of University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students in one of the biggest walks of the year, the Healthiest State Walks.

The Oct. 8-11 readings at Prairie Lights Books and on Virtual Writing University live streams will feature two Iowa Poets Laureate, Marvin Bell and Mary Swander, and an all University of Iowa line-up.

The University of Iowa Research Foundation is making funding available for faculty interested in commercializing their research. Awards up to $70,000 are available.

The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History will present "Tall Tales from a Large Man," a lecture by graphic design artist Aaron Draplin, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, in Room 116 of Art Building West.

A University of Iowa professor is encouraging Iowans to bring their memories and fondness for the state to a creative process that will inspire floats and more for an Iowa City Carnaval Parade. Four sessions of Carnaval Art will be held at the UI’s Old Capitol Museum beginning Oct. 4.

Judicial review—the courts' power to strike down laws—is increasingly criticized in the United States, but promoted abroad. A UI College of Law conference will look at how one of America’s most prominent legal exports has become so controversial at home.

UI researchers find that total knee replacement surgeries have more than doubled in 20 years. The study, published Sept. 26 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggests the growth is driven by both the increase in the number of older Americans and increased demand among older adults for total knee replacements.

When Kali Peschel committed to the University of Iowa women's basketball program as a junior in high school, she felt she was committing to a second family. Nearly two years and one emotional injury later, Peschel knows she found her home in Iowa City.

Live broadcasts from UI Hospitals and Clinics generate funds to support the UI Children's Hospital.

Enjoy a night of spooky fun that's free and open to the public when the University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums host the eighth annual Creepy Campus Crawl Friday, Oct. 26.