Both Marshalltown and Ellsworth Community Colleges have partnered with the University of Iowa to formalize an agreement that allows their students to earn a four-year degree without leaving central Iowa.

Joao Vale de Almeida, the European Union’s ambassador to the United States, will discuss the ongoing European sovereign debt crisis when he speaks at the University of Iowa College of Law on Wednesday, March 28.

The winners of the 2012 Iowa Short Fiction Awards are Marie-Helene Bertino and Chad Simpson. Bertino won the 2012 Iowa Short Fiction Award for her collection Safe as Houses, and Simpson's Tell Everyone I Said Hi is the winner of the 2012 John Simmons Short Fiction Award.

A new volume from the University of Iowa Press portrays Thoreau by those who knew him.

Cellist Hannah Holman and pianist Rene Lecuona, faculty members in the University of Iowa School of Music, will present a free faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free Improvisation for Classical Musicians concert—the second of three concerts this semester—at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 29, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall.

Junior Matt McDonough's second career national title highlighted the University of Iowa wrestling team's third-place finish at the NCAA Championships March 15-17 in St. Louis.

An international finance expert at the University of Iowa praised the tenure of outgoing World Bank President Robert Zoellick and says his departure presents an opportunity to expand the organization’s leadership outside the United States.

Greenhouse gases aren't the only factors to consider when making climate predictions — airborne particles and atmospheric aerosols also merit close scrutiny.

Wallace Tomasini, professor in the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History, will present a gallery talk in the Eye on UI Faculty exhibition space at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22, in the Second Floor North Reading Room, UI Main Library. This event, sponsored by the UI Museum of Art, is free and open to the public.

The regular bi-monthly meeting of the Partnership for Alcohol Safety will be from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, in Room 2390 of the University Capitol Centre. The room is located on the second floor above Cookies & More.

Registration is now available for UI Recreational Services' spring 2012 Learn to Row camps.