Tucked away between fields of corn and undulating hills is the town of Kalona, a countryside haven that’s done more than embody the good old days—it’s never left them.

Michaela Inman had just made a competitive gymnastics team. She was spending more time in the gym and running frequently. So when she began complaining of pain in her right ankle in May 2011, Michaela’s parents and local pediatrician thought it was nothing more than a sprain.

The 2013-14 season of International Programs’ WorldCanvass series begins with a program focused on human rights and the arts. The live event takes place on Friday, Sept. 20, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol Museum.

The Partnership for Alcohol Safety will discuss Iowa City’s 21-only ordinance for alcohol consumption at its bi-monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 11, beginning at 3:30 p.m. in Room 2390 of the University Capitol Centre in downtown Iowa City.

A recent gift from Matthew and Kay Bucksbaum, of Chicago, Ill., will support a University of Iowa Museum of Art collection-sharing project that began after a historic 2008 flood damaged the museum and 21 other campus buildings.

Ten AmeriCorps volunteers are working with Jones County Conservation and the UI Office of the State Archaeologist locate historical artifacts from some land the county is in the process of purchasing for eventual public use.

UI vice president for research Dan Reed wants to launch IT boot camps this year to help train Iowans in information technology and address shortages in the IT field.

Celebrate the last days of summer with homegrown art at the University of Iowa Museum of Art First Friday reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sept. 6 at hotelVetro in downtown Iowa City. The event features Dustin Busch's Iowa blues and selections from Barry Phipps’ Iowa Photographs series.

What can be done to stop America's epidemic of sexual violence? Survivors and UI experts weigh in.

Decades ago, experts predicted we would all be working just 14 to 15 hours a week by now, and would have so much free time we wouldn’t even know what to do with ourselves. UI historian Benjamin Hunnicutt calls the shorter workweek the “forgotten American dream."

The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights will host a special forum on the conflict in Syria titled "Intervention in Syria: Law, Ethics, and Policy" from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.11, in Conference Room 2520D of the University Capitol Centre.

With significant progress made on several flood-renewal projects and the public launch of the largest fundraising campaign in UI history, President Sally Mason says in a recent Q-and-A that offering Iowa students an affordable, high-quality education still is paramount.