Just because you’re really smart doesn’t mean you are supremely self-confident. That’s according to University of Iowa College of Education researchers who report that gifted children with attention deficit hyperactivity-disorder have lower self-esteem than their intellectual peers.

Artist, writer, and speaker Makoto Fujimura will talk about the importance of cultivating a “cultural soil” on Sept. 18 during the fall Geneva Lecture.

The University of Iowa and Kirkwood Community College are partnering to create a joint regional center focused on enhancing technical education and examining new models to stimulate additional student interest in STEM careers and four-year degrees and will co-lead one of the governor’s recently proposed regional STEM hubs.

University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumna Jenny Zhang will be joined by Zach Schomburg to present a free poetry reading at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, in Prairie Lights Books and on a Virtual Writing University live stream.

After two weeks of political party conventioneering, traders on the Iowa Electronic Markets believe President Barack Obama has a significantly higher likelihood of winning the popular vote on Election Day.

The Get to Know series asks University of Iowa faculty and staff a few questions about their work and their outside interests. Meet Dinette Myers, secretary for the Center for Student Involvement & Leadership.

Argentine writer Frederico Falco, who is in residence at the University of Iowa this fall through the International Writing Program (IWP), will read from "The Future Is Not Ours: New Latin American Fiction" in a free event at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, in Prairie Lights Books.

The free public events presented by the University of Iowa International Writing Program Sept. 11-16 will begin with a Cinematheque screening of "The Chess Players."

Points were at a premium at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 8, but school spirit could be seen in abundance as the University of Iowa and Iowa State University football squads clashed on the UI turf.

President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, first lady Michelle Obama, and Jill Biden made a rare joint appearance at the University of Iowa Sept. 7, addressing a crowd of thousands on the UI Pentacrest and T. Anne Cleary Walkway.

An enthusiastic crowd of Hawkeye and T-Pain fans gathered in Hubbard Park Thursday night as part of the fourth annual Hawkapalooza celebration. The pep rally was just one event organized to celebrate Saturday's Iowa-Iowa State football game.

University of Iowa English faculty member Kevin Kopelson will read from his new book, Confessions of a Plagiarist: And Other Tales from School, at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, in a free event at Prairie Lights Books and on a Virtual Writing University live stream.