The White House issued a news release today confirming that President Barack Obama will visit the University of Iowa campus Wednesday, April 25.

The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will present the 2012 Iowa New Play Festival, the most ambitious new-play festival in collegiate theater, with readings, staged productions, and discussion from Monday, April 30, through Saturday, May 5, in the UI Theatre Building.

What you need to know if you're attending today's speech, following it online, or simply navigating campus.

Leaders of Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa today announced the recipients of the 2012 Oberley Seed Grant Program Awards.

April isn’t just Earth Month and Riverfest—it’s also Financial Literacy Awareness Month. Activities and resources for increasing one's financial literacy are available on campus for students, faculty, and staff.

As a competitor and coach, bronze wasn't acceptable for Dan Gable. On Wednesday, that metal fit fine in the form of a statue that was unveiled outside the entrance to Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

The University of Iowa Chamber Orchestra and the All-University String Orchestra will share a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 29, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

The University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop will present free readings by four of its faculty members in events at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, and Friday, April 27, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Dey House. The Wednesday reading will feature fiction writer Kevin Brockmeier and poet Jonathan Thirkield.

The University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of William LaRue Jones and featuring internationally recognized mezzo-soprano Katharine Goeldner, will perform works by Berlioz and Richard Strauss at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union.

Live literary streams April 24-29 on writinguniversity.org will feature two Poetry Month events and the book launch of a former University of Iowa engineering student whose comments to the Iowa Legislature made him an instant celebrity.

The Chamber Winds of the University of Iowa School of Music will present a free concert at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

Brazilian pianist Cristina Capparelli Gerling, a guest of the University of Iowa School of Music, will present a free lecture-recital, "In search of creative performance: a study of Chopin's Barcarolle op. 60," at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 28, in the Riverside Recital Hall.