Chaden Djalali, the new dean of the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, talks about the appeal of the University of Iowa, the challenges of balancing the diverse aspects of a liberal arts education, and his affinity for music.

The University of Iowa women's soccer team got the fall athletics season started on the right foot, blasting a total of eight goals past the opposition while posting a pair of shutouts at the UI Soccer Complex. It's the team's third 2-0 start in coach Ron Rainey's seven seasons at the helm.

Tickets for 2012-13 University of Iowa Division of Performing Arts theatre, dance, and music events go on sale Wednesday, Aug. 22, through the Hancher Box Office.

The electro hip pop dub duo Timeflies will perform in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union at 8 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 14.

The new Arts Iowa website provides a comprehensive roundup of visual, performing, literary, and other arts events from across the University of Iowa campus.

The Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine will hold its annual memorial service for the Deeded Body Program at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, at Oakland Cemetery, 1000 Brown St., Iowa City.

Registration is open for University of Iowa Recreational Services fall tennis classes for adults and youths.

University of Iowa junior volleyball player Rachael Bedell enters 2012 determined to rebound from the dreaded sophomore slump that killed any momentum she had built as a promising young freshman. The early returns in practice are encouraging.

A new memoir by Donald Anderson will be available Sept. 1, 2012, from the University of Iowa Press.

The twin RBSP satellites will study the Van Allen radiation belts, discovered by UI physicist James A. Van Allen in 1958.

Baritone saxophonist Adam Schroeder will be accompanied by University of Iowa jazz faculty for a concert of music honoring the legendary Pepper Adams at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, in the Mill Restaurant in downtown Iowa City.

Iowa Now photographers were on hand for several of the main events of this weekend's On Iowa! Here are a selection of photos from the weekend.