Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus and former faculty member Anthony Swofford returns to Iowa City to read from his new memoir.

University of Iowa students, faculty, and staff will soon be able to use their university identification cards as proximity cards to access buildings or rooms on campus.

An Iowa farmer and his family discovered an assortment of mammoth bones in their backyard; they hope assistance from the University of Iowa will uncover many more.

With the aid of a wireless remote presence robot, patients at Mercy Medical Center emergency room in Clinton now have immediate access to specialists from the University of Iowa Stroke Center.

Florencia Mallon will read from her first novel, "Beyond the Ties of Blood," at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, in Prairie Lights Books and on the Writing University website of the University of Iowa.

A University of Iowa law professor encourages nursing homes to expand their policies so residents can keep pets, and states to change laws and regulations where necessary to make it easier.

When opportunity knocks, you have to get up and answer the door. When it thumps into your window, however, you might want to reach for your camera. Paul W. Jensen did just that when a hawk landed outside his window.

Carmela Ciuraru will read from her new book, "Nom de Plume," at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, in Prairie Lights Books and on the University of Iowa's website for the Virtual Writing University.

UI graduate student Jacob Oppenheimer asks men to commemorate this Father's Day by standing up and speaking out about respectful and healthy masculinity.

On June 7, Gov. Terry Branstad proclaimed June 11-17 as Iowa Museum Week. This week of awareness will recognize the important roles of museums, historical societies, and collections in all 99 counties of Iowa.

Rural and small-town residents are quickly losing access to legal services as aging attorneys retire and close their small practices. The University of Iowa College of Law is working with the Iowa State Bar Association to start a new program that encourages law students to practice in rural areas.

Mary J.C. Hendrix, a cancer biologist at Northwestern University and past faculty member at the University of Iowa, is the third candidate vying to be the University of Iowa's next vice president for research and economic development.