Laurel Whitis, a graduate student in the University of Iowa College of Public Health, spent a good portion of the summer driving across Iowa with a precious commodity in tow. She wasn’t transporting jewels or cash, but what many might call “white gold”—donated human breast milk to be given to premature babies.

This Saturday, Hawks Nest and the University of Iowa Student Government (UISG) are challenging students to welcome the Hawkeye football team's Big Ten rival Penn State with respect.

Don Share, managing editor of "Poetry" magazine, will read from his new book, "Wishbone," at 7 p.m., Monday, Oct. 29, in a free Prairie Lights reading streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.

An event to mark Saturday, Oct. 20 as the National Day on Writing will combine Iowa City’s two passions: literature and football. The first-ever “Writing Tailgate” will take place at the Iowa City Public Library on Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. in Meeting Room A.

Kathy Thomas grew up dreaming of becoming a Division I basketball player. She had chances to make that dream become reality out of high school, but never found the right fit. After a year at a junior college, Thomas is living out her dream at the University of Iowa.

The Life of Discovery creative exchange project will bring four of China’s top young writers to Chicago and Iowa City for a series of creative meetings and events in the four-year project’s final exchange.

Before the Hancher presentation of It Gets Better by the Los Angeles Gay Men’s Choir, the public is invited to join students and faculty for a lecture and discussion Friday, Oct. 19, at 6 p.m. in E105 Adler Journalism Building on the University of Iowa campus.

Alabama may be ranked number one in the BCS, but Florida State is still on top of a University of Iowa economist’s college football productivity ranking.

Several events in late October will allow Iowans to come together, share their unique stories, and participate in hands-on workshops to turn those stories into large-scale artistic masterpieces for the 2013 Iowa City Carnaval Parade.

The University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios will present a free event at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, in Room 101 of Becker Communication Studies Building.

The University of Iowa's Working at Iowa survey of faculty and staff is under way this month. Organizational Effectiveness—part of UI Human Resources—offers units the tools to act on the survey's results.

Registration is now open for the 12th Annual Iowa Organic Conference, to be held on the University of Iowa campus Nov. 18-19.