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Jumping into the postseason

Wednesday, May 2, 2012
University of Iowa student Jeffrey Herron isn't only a high jump and long jump sensation. He's also a huge supporter of Hawkeye athletics. And now the Hawkeye high jump record-holder is also eying All-America honors.

Minnesota New Music Ensemble to perform free concert May 6

Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The University of Minnesota New Music Ensemble will present a free concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 6, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

On a wing and a prayer

Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Donald J. Rich, a World War II Veteran from Wayland, Iowa, will read from his memoir Glider Infantryman at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 5 in a free Prairie Lights reading streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website www.writinguniversity.org.

Cellist Chang, violist Tábora to perform free concert May 5

Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Cellist Yoo-Jung Chang and violist Manuel Tábora will present a free concert through the University of Iowa Center for New Music at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 5, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall.

Exploring David Foster Wallace's legacy

Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The Legacy of David Foster Wallace, edited by Samuel Cohen of the University of Missouri and Lee Konstantinou of Princeton University is now available from the University of Iowa Press.
Students play dodgeball at Kinnick Stadium

Playing the field at Kinnick

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow—the UI Alumni Association's student organization—brought some 300 players to the historic stadium for a first-of-its-kind charity dodgeball tournament on the turf.

A movie for the birds and the whole family

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History wraps up its "Movies@MNH" series at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 6, with the free public screening of “Fly Away Home” in Macbride Auditorium.

Engineering announces $5,000 Storer Entrepreneurial Award winner

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
BookBox is designed to offer a better way to buy and sell books.

Sharing nuggets of expertise

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Although now a member of the Denver Nuggets coaching staff, former Hawkeye player and coach Ryan Bowen still keep close tabs on his alma mater—the place where he refined his coaching skills.

Dance department presents undergraduate concert May 3-5

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The University of Iowa Department of Dance will present an Undergraduate Dance Concert at 8 p.m. May 3 through 5 in the Space Place Theater of North Hall.

UI Department of Mathematics honored for minority doctoral work

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The UI Department of Mathematics will write another chapter in its renowned history of supporting minority doctoral degrees when it, in coordination with the UI Graduate College’s Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences program, awards seven doctorates to members of underrepresented minority groups during 2012.

Final dot will complete community artwork

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Celebrate the conclusion of "Just Do(t) Art," a community art project at the University of Iowa Museum of Art’s (UIMA) May First Friday reception, May 4, at the hotelVetro in downtown Iowa City. For $5, watch the last dot be placed and view the installation in its final form.