A gift from UI Student Government to the We Care—Pass it On Fund will provide emergency financial assistance to UI students facing hardships.

IOWA (Improving Our Workplace Award) nominations are being taken until Nov. 1 by the IOWA Review Committee. The IOWA is given to UI individual staff and teams who have seen a challenge and worked to improve it using creative and ingenious solutions.

The free events presented by the University of Iowa International Writing Program Oct. 2-7 will open with a Cinematheque screening of the Afghan film Osama at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 2, in E105 of the Adler Journalism Building.

Party for art at the next University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA) First Friday reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 5, at hotelVetro in downtown Iowa City. For $5, you’ll “get drawn in” to line drawings by West Branch artist Matt Niebuhr and enjoy jazz piano by Henry Finch.

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.