Variables including population growth, land use, and climate change will challenge the federal agency.

The University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum joins the Cedar County Historical Society for a Sept. 15 event marking the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.

Elaine Showalter will receive the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin at a Sept. 14 event in the Senate Chamber of the University of Iowa's Old Capitol.

Children will get to don a miner's hat with headlamp to explore the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History when "Night at the Museum" returns Sept. 14. The evening includes tours of darkened galleries and an opportunity to interact with live insects and other arthropods.

The University of Iowa WiderNet Project installed the 500th eGranary Digital Library this summer in the remote island village of Lamu, off the coast of Kenya.

The University of Iowa Press releases a collection of tips from Evelyn Birkby—"Iowa's best-known homemaker"—on Sept. 15, part of the Bur Oak Books series.

Setup and safety for Friday’s campaign visit by President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Jill Biden will affect access to University of Iowa facilities as well as access to roads downtown Thursday-Friday, Sept. 6-7.

President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, first lady Michelle Obama, and Jill Biden will visit the University of Iowa campus Friday, Sept. 7, for a campaign event on the university’s Pentacrest.

The University of Iowa football team kicked off its 2012 season Sept. 1 at Soldier Field in Chicago. Thousands of Hawkeye fans invaded the Windy City, seeing the sights and spreading Hawkeye cheer everywhere they went. Check out the scenes from Navy Pier, Wrigley Field, and the site of the game against the Northern Illinois Huskies.

Leaders of University of Iowa student governments and the Hawks Nest, the official student fan group, are sending a message to UI students, encouraging them to “be proud and cheer loud” but also to “be good neighbors” as the fall football and sports season gets under way.

The Iowa football team traveled to Chicago to open the 2012 season vs. Northern Illinois at Soldier Field. Hawkeye fans flocked to the Windy City for the weekend, with many attending Hawkeyes Day at Wrigley Field on Friday before heading to the football game Saturday. Here is some of what they were sharing on social media.

Percussionist James Dreier, a faculty member in the jazz studies program of the UI School of Music, will feature special guests Joel Vanderheyden, saxophone, and Brian Smith, trumpet, in a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall.