A University of Iowa law professor who has written widely about the Dred Scott family will participate in the dedication of a statue this week that commemorates the civil rights pioneers.

University of Iowa Children’s Hospital ranks in all 10 pediatric specialties and is included among the best children’s hospitals in the country.

Iowa Gems and Minerals in Your Pocket, by Paul Garvin and Anthony Plaut, is now available from the Bur Oak Guide series of the University of Iowa Press.

Contract prices are down for Barack Obama and up for Mitt Romney on the Iowa Electronic Markets.

A mini-Carnaval at 4:30 p.m., Friday, June 8, outside the University of Iowa Theatre Building will feature music, dance, masks, and puppets, along with stilt-walkers from Canada's Swizzlestick Theatre.

A recent article in The Edge asked, “Tanna Frederick: Does She Ever Rest?” It’s a fair question about Hollywood’s new Queen of the Indies.

The economic crisis in Europe has reached a point where even booming economies in Brazil, Russia, India, and China are slowing down. A University of Iowa expert is not hopeful for a quick end.

Thirty University of Iowa students were awarded an Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award by the University of Iowa Council on Teaching.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the creation of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. As part of the commemoration, a team in the University of Iowa Digital Studio for the Public Humanities is creating a mobile web application, AIDS Quilt Touch.

The 11th Hour makes the expertise of the Iowa Summer Writing Festival available to the public, free of charge.

Starting Tuesday, June 5, the search committee for the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine dean will host a series of public forums where each of the five candidates under consideration for the position will address the topic, "What is Your Vision for the Future of Academic Medical Centers."

The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine will honor six individuals at the 2012 Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony and luncheon Friday, June 8 at the Levitt Center for University Advancement.