The National Iowa Varsity Club has extended the registration deadline for its inaugural Fitness for Life run to Wednesday, June 27. The one-mile Fun Run and 5K events will be held Saturday, June 30, at the Ashton Cross Country Course in Iowa City.

With the Fourth of July falling in the middle of the week, the UIMA@IMU, a visual classroom of the University of Iowa Museum of Art, will be closed on Monday, July 2 and Wednesday, July 4.

Poet Elizabeth Robinson will read from her newest collection at 7 p.m. Friday, June 29, in Prairie Lights Books and on the Writing University website of the University of Iowa.

The Supreme Court will hand down its decision about health care reform soon, perhaps sealing the fate of the law's health insurance plan. But a University of Iowa insurance researcher says health insurance really isn't insurance at all.

Researchers at the University of Iowa, together with colleagues from the California Institute of Technology and New York University, have discovered how a part of the brain helps predict future events from past experiences.

For many incoming first-year students going through University of Iowa Orientation, this will be the first time they will be away from their parents and making their own decisions. To minimize anxiety for parents and students, the UI has made significant changes to its orientation program.

The Big Ten Conference and the Ivy League, in conjunction with the Big Ten Committee on Institutional Cooperation, have announced plans to engage in a co-sponsored, cross-institutional research collaboration to study the effects of head injuries in sports, continuing efforts dating back more than two years.

Eric Goodman will read from his new novel about love and identity theft at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 26, in Prairie Lights Books and live on the University of Iowa’s Writing University website.

The Woman in Black, adapted by Stephen Malltratt from the book by Susan Hill, is the second production in the 2012 Iowa Summer Rep season of “Chills and Thrills.” It will open at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 28, in the David Thayer Theatre of the University of Iowa Theatre Building.

Staff Council’s service recognition program acknowledges all professional & scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President. Award winners from April 2012 are listed below. 25 Years Elizabeth Brau, nursing services Mary Brenneman, law library...

Staff Council’s service recognition program acknowledges all professional & scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President. Award winners from March 2012 are listed below. 25 Years Deborah Chekal, strategic relations Angie Cookman, psychiatry...

Staff Council’s service recognition program acknowledges all professional & scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President. Award winners from February 2012 are listed below. 25 Years Alison Houston-Hayslett, pathology Birgit Huff, State...