Ann Campbell, UI associate professor of management sciences, looks at the challenges of relief transportation to isolated, devastated places like the Philippines.

Members of the media are invited to attend the 17th Annual University of Iowa International Day for Human Rights Tuesday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Coralville. Hundreds of middle school students will participate in the conference with the theme "The Human Right to an Adequate Standard of Living."

Encouraging driving alternatives and fewer metered spaces on campus have led to a significant drop in the number of parking tickets issued on campus this year.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the Bad Boyz of Double Bass, featuring Volkan Orhon, UI associate professor of double bass, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

In remembrance of students, alumni, faculty, staff, and others associated with the university who lost their lives in combat, the Memorial Honor Roll was dedicated at the Iowa Memorial Union in 1956. Today, the honor roll occupies not only a prominent place in the Hubbard Commons; it also has a new home online.

Hawkeyes flocked to the nation’s capital this week to take part in the second Hawkeye Caucus in Washington, D.C. The event, held Wednesday, Nov. 13, gave University of Iowa President Sally Mason, deans, student leaders, and even Herky a chance to meet with congressional representatives and alumni and showcase the best the UI has to offer Iowa and the nation.

President Sally Mason was among a group of university presidents who discussed higher education policy with White House officials in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Nov. 12.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason was among a group of university presidents who discussed higher education policy with White House officials in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.

Marshalltown’s Orpheum Theater Center is rolling out the red carpet and warming up a searchlight for the world premiere of "Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg," a new documentary by Emmy-nominated filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films, and Garry McGee of McMarr, Ltd.

Accomplished organist and UI alumna Gerhild Krapf will perform a recital to benefit an Iowa City nonprofit collaboration at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, at the Congregational Church, 30 N. Clinton St., Iowa City.

Divers installed new flashboards on top of the Iowa River Burlington Street dam earlier this week. The flashboards raise the level of the dam slightly, which provides for a slightly higher water level for the water plant intake. Based on duck behavior, it appears as though the new flashboards make catching dinner just a little bit easier as well.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason was one of six university presidents invited to the White House Tuesday to discuss strategies for helping more academically talented students from low-income families attend college.