A 19-month undertaking to restore an 8-foot-by-19-foot University of Iowa painting by Jackson Pollock is nearly finished, and plans are in place to display the famous piece in California and Iowa this year.

UI students last night premiered Makeover the newest partnership between writer and lyricist Darrah Cloud and composer Kim Sherman, who are artists-in-residence in the UI Department of Theatre Arts. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

A group of educational leaders from various Japanese universities is visiting the University of Iowa to discuss Iowa’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) initiative and garner strategies and tactics to develop a STEM program in Japan.

Visiting artist Dennis Farber will give a public lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, in Room 116 of Art Building West.

In 1919, all undergraduates at the University of Iowa were required to take a drawing class. Were it not for that requirement, it’s possible that some of Europe’s greatest artistic treasures would have been destroyed by the Nazis during World War II.

In honor of Black History Month, University Archives has digitized and published online the scrapbook of Patrobas Cassius Robinson, an African-American student who graduated from Iowa in 1927.

Six undergraduate playwrights will have their plays brought to life at the University of Iowa Ten Minute Play Festival. The festival, presented by the Department of Theatre Arts, will hold its first performances at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, in Theatre B of the UI Theatre Building. Additional shows will be held Feb. 14-16.

This weekend Iowa sports fans have plenty of opportunity to cheer on the black and gold—but there’s only one group you’ll find playing on ice. The UI Hockey Club will be closing out its 2013-14 season with a pair of home games versus St. Mary’s University of Minnesota this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7 and 8, at the Coral Ridge Ice Arena.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason spoke during the Monticello Area Chamber of Commerce annual banquet highlighting the strong connection between Monticello and UI.

Susan Lagos Lavenz, associate dean for teacher education and student services at the UI College of Education, discusses the college's efforts to encourage and support a more diverse pool of aspiring teachers.

The Old Capitol Museum, in conjunction with the University of Iowa Special Collections and University Archives, will host a spring exhibit, "Poe: A Wilderness of Mirrors," opening Thursday, Feb. 13.

An estimated 120,000 new adults are projected to be eligible for dental care through the Iowa Health and Wellness Plan under the Affordable Care Act. As a step toward helping Iowa dentists prepare and adapt, the University of Iowa’s Public Policy Center and College of Dentistry conducted a survey late last year to investigate access to dental care in Iowa, assess capacity, and identify gaps in the...