The free events presented by the University of Iowa International Writing Program Friday-Sunday, Oct. 12-14, will open with a panel discussion, “Works in Progress,” at noon, Friday, Oct. 12, in the Iowa City Public Library.

The Kuhl House Poets series of the University of Iowa Press released two new collections on Oct. 1.

The University Theatres Mainstage season will open Oct. 11 with "Lady M," adapted and directed by Master of Fine Arts graduate student Matt Hawkins.

Researchers at the University of Iowa and UT Southwestern have identified a new class of small molecules that block nerve cell death in animal models of Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. These small molecules could be a starting point for developing drugs that might help treat patients with these diseases.

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, recently approved plans to establish the Iowa Institute of Human Genetics as a statewide resource to promote personalized genomic clinical medicine, research, and education focused on medical and scientific advances around the human genome.

Randall Kennedy, one of the leading scholars and race and the law, will speak at UI on Oct. 4, a week before the Supreme Court hears arguments in a pivotal case regarding affirmative action and college admissions.

Much like he expected to when he committed to the University of Iowa, sophomore Joseph Winslow made a big rise to success in the collegiate golf world. It just happened a lot faster than he, or anybody, could have predicted.

'Redstart' by poets Forrest Gander and John Kinsella is now available from the Contemporary North American Poetry series of the University of Iowa Press.

The University of Iowa College of Engineering will hold the second annual Richard L. Valentine Distinguished Lecture from 3:30 to 4:20 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, in Room W290 of the Chemistry Building on the UI Campus. The talk is free and open to the public. The subject will be the use of nanomaterials in detecting environmental contamination.

Faculty oboist Andrew Parker will be the featured soloist in a free concert by the University of Iowa Chamber Orchestra at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

Student and faculty support, and a new student commons in the Boyd Law Building are among the priorities for the campaign, which has already raised $28 million.

A pair of University of Iowa faculty have authored the latest edition of Tumors and Cysts of the Jaws, considered the go-to guide for developments in the field of jawbone diseases and diagnosis.