Here in Iowa City, the words we cultivate are as famous and prolific as the corn we grow. Like our relationship with the local crops that feed the world, we’re conscious of this town’s writing heritage, but most of the time, it’s a fuzzy backdrop for our daily lives.

The bi-monthly meeting of the Partnership for Alcohol Safety will take place Wednesday, July 11, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Room 2390 of the University Capitol Centre (also known as the Old Capitol Town Centre) in downtown Iowa City.

The Community Stories Writing Workshop, a writers group founded by University of Iowa College of Education doctoral student Rossina Liu, has provided a positive outlet for dozens of people at Iowa City’s Shelter House, a nonprofit organization that provides services to the homeless.

The University of Iowa awarded an estimated 4,300 degrees at the close of the 2012 spring session.

Learn more about the sun at a free lecture and observation session called "The Sun in the Year of Solar Maximum" beginning at noon, Saturday, July 14, in Lecture Room 1 of Van Allen Hall.

A five-day program draws on University of Iowa expertise to teach ballet and other dance styles. Take a look inside the classroom.

Using a unique animal model of cystic fibrosis, a team of scientists from the University of Iowa has discovered a difference between healthy airways and airways affected by cystic fibrosis that leads to reduced bacterial killing in cystic fibrosis airways.

Physicists searching for the elusive Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland are expected to share their latest findings July 4.

John Mikelson, coordinator of the University of Iowa Veterans Center, received a 2012 Governor's Volunteer Award from Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds during a special recognition ceremony June 29 in Cedar Rapids.

A free screening of the film "An Oversimplification of Her Beauty" will take place at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 7, in room 101 of the Becker Communication Studies Building on the UI campus.

Brian Wolf, M.D., M.S., an associate professor in the University of Iowa Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation who cares for patients at UI Hospitals and Clinics, is the recipient of the 2013 American-British and Canadian Traveling Fellowship, considered one of the greatest honors in the field of orthopedic surgery.

UI physics and astronomy professor Greg Howes' work investigating solar wind turbulence has been funded by the National Science Foundation and commended by President Obama. The most rewarding part of his job? Participating in a community outreach project that aims to attract more people to science.