The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will produce a new adaptation of Molière’s "The Imaginary Invalid" that will include new music and choreography from members of the artistic team. The production will open at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, in the David Thayer Theatre of the UI Theatre Building.

Fred Cook, CEO of public relations firm GolinHarris International, will speak Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. in 1505 Seamans Center.. GolinHaris International is owned by Interpublic Group and serves well-known global businesses, including McDonalds, Wal-Mart, Dove, Toyota, and Panasonic.

Former Iowa congressman Jim Leach will lead a timely and interactive discussion on the causes and consequences of what he considers the most unnecessary social division in this nation’s history in a free, public event called “Gridlock: A Debilitating Political Challenge.”

Building urban wetlands could help to reduce nitrogen and phosphorous run off, UI geoscientist Arthur Bettis says: “It’s one prong of a multi-pronged approach to reducing the large nutrient load being exported from the upper Midwest.”

How should the Cold War be memorialized? This question forms the backbone of the Obermann Interdisciplinary Research Grant project of Sarah Kanouse in UI art and art history and Shiloh Kruper in geography at Georgetown University.

Making fat cells immortal might seem like a bad idea to most people, but for a team of University of Iowa scientists it was the ideal way to study how the interaction between bacteria and fat cells might contribute to diabetes.

University of Iowa students in the Department of Dance have collaborated with writers in residence at the International Writing Program to choreograph new dances inspired by the writers’ works. A free, public performance showcasing their work will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, in Space Place Theater in North Hall.

First-year students in the Tippie College of Business learned the basics of business dining at an etiquette dinner Oct. 17 at the University of Iowa. Not only does this make students better dining partners, but more important, it could give them a competitive edge in the business world when they are trying to land a future internship or job.

Giving to the university means giving back to the community and the state, building the kind of place people want to live and work.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free jazz recital by the UI Latin Jazz Ensemble at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus. The recital will feature music from composers Rafael Dos Santos (Brazilian pianist/educator and former UI jazz graduate student), Victor Mendoza, Ray Vega, and others.

The Affordable Care Act declares that most Americans will face a penalty if they’re uninsured, starting in 2014, but experts predict it will be difficult to enforce: “They might send you a sternly worded letter,” said UI law professor Andy Grewal who specializes in tax issues.

Five poets included in "The New Census: An Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry," the new book from Rescue Press, will read at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.