Eight members of the Ashton family have studied engineering at Iowa and made a mark on the field. A new professorship named for George D. Ashton extends their legacy.

Jim Yong Kim, President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the World Bank, is a former student of the University of Iowa and son of a onetime member of the College of Dentistry faculty.

Although she harbored serious doubts about medicine as a career choice, Amy Domeyer-Klenske focused on the human interactions that attracted her to medicine. Soon she realized she was on the right path—a path that took a desirable turn on Match Day.

Fans typically think of football stadiums and basketball arenas when they think of home field advantage. But the Big Ten Women's Gymnastics Championships, which will be held Saturday, March 24, in Carver-Hawkeye Arena, will provide a definite advantage for the Iowa women's gymnastics team.

The Bijou Cinema will hold a free screening of The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 27. The film celebrates the resilience of the Japanese people in the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami and the healing power of Japan's most beloved flower as the cherry blossom season begins.

The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present Dave Pietro on Thursday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City. The performance features new songs called Iowa Memoirs, inspired by his trips around the state.

The University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum Piano Sundays concert series will culminate at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 1, with a free public performance featuring UI piano students.

Economies only grow when they allow people to innovate, but a pair of University of Iowa legal scholars think federal law as it exists now does not encourage creativity, and even actively works to stifle it. Their new book outlines a way to change this.

This year's Iowa City Polar Plunge might not feature the chill, but for participants like Alex Jaber, it won't be lacking the thrill.

For the first time in nearly 70 years, the Concerto for Violin by Vernon Duke will be performed in orchestral form, thanks to the affinity of University of Iowa School of Music Distinguished Alumnus Scott Dunn.

Robert Hass, former U.S. poet laureate and University of Iowa Writers' Workshop faculty member, will return to the UI as an Ida Beam Visiting Professor, including a free reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 29, in the Buchanan Auditorium in the Pappajohn Business Administration Building.

The Iowa Board of Regents on Wednesday voted to approve schematic designs and funding to bring arts buildings destroyed by the 2008 flood back to life, a significant step forward in the campus recovery process.