University of Iowa alumnus Peter Nkumu opened Elikia Restaurant in Coralville in 2008, which serves traditional Congolese food. He's faced many hardships along the way, but he continues to keep his passion alive.

Piano Sundays, a series of live performances at the University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum, resumes Sept. 2 at 1:30 p.m. The series features UI School of Music piano professors and their studio students.

Trumpeter Amy Schendel will be joined by two of her University of Iowa School of Music faculty colleagues—pianist Rene Lecuona and organist Greg Hand—and pianist Jason Sifford in a free recital at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

The Fall Proseminar in Cinema and Culture, a free screening and discussion series, will survey films from around the globe and along the historical trajectory of cinema.

"Jefferson in His Own Time," edited by Kevin J. Hayes, will be available Sept. 1, from the Writers in Their Own Time series of the University of Iowa Press.

The Partnership for Alcohol Safety wants to make sure students are aware that the Iowa City Police Department is conducting proactive party patrols this fall to look for apartment and house parties that are disruptive to neighbors or that have signs that things might be getting out of control.

Robin Hemley, director of the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, will read from "Reply All," his new collection of short stories, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, in Prairie Lights Books and through a live stream on the Virtual Writing University.

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History will begin its fall “Movies@MNH” series Sunday, Sept. 2, at 2 p.m. in the Macbride Auditorium. The movie series is a free family event open to the public. This month’s movie is a NOVA feature titled “Last Extinction: What Killed the Mammoths?”

It's been a cruel summer for Mitt Romney on the Iowa Electronic Markets. Polls show a tight race between Romney and President Barack Obama on the eve of the Republican National Convention, but the two are heading in opposite directions on the IEM.

A team led by the University of Iowa has unearthed some remains of a second mammoth, a rarity for a single site located in the Midwest, scientists associated with the dig announced Friday.

The fourth-annual Hawkapalooza will feature a lunchtime tailgate party, a pep rally, and an evening concert from Grammy-award winning superstar T-Pain at Hubbard Park on Thursday, Sept. 6.

A building with thousands of insects sounds like a big bug problem. But for the UI Museum of Natural History, the challenge is keeping them in the best possible condition. Thanks to a grant from the State Historical Society of Iowa, the museum will upgrade its century-old entomology collection.