Summer vacations are nearly in the books, so we asked our Facebook followers to submit their favorite photos from vacation, Hawkeye gear included.

With the 2013 football season approaching, Iowa Now would like to remind fans about important policies and procedures, parking and traffic updates, safety guidelines, and information regarding access to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

The Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine will hold its annual memorial service for the Deeded Body Program at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 1300 Melrose Ave., Iowa City.

Martin Luther King, Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech defined a movement to improve the lives of African-Americans in this country. “Its importance was immediately apparent,” says Colin Gordon, UI history professor.

University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and the general public are invited to the Military and Veteran Student Services Open House from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, in the newly remodeled office located at 111 Communications Center on the UI campus.

Former journalist and Air Force Airman Allen Roberts brings his experience and enthusiasm to the new position of Military and Veteran Education Specialist at the University of Iowa, where he advocates for the more than 500 student veterans on the UI campus.

As Iowa City Police will plan patrols aimed at spotting out-of-control parties, the Partnership for Alcohol Safety is sharing info that can help hosts and guests make parties safer and avoid legal trouble.

Professor Katherine H. Tachau of the UI Department of History in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has been appointed by President Barack Obama to the National Council on the Humanities, the advisory board for the National Endowment for the Humanities.

From the time they arrived in Iowa City, Kwang-Kuk and Kook-Wha Koh began to create a shared life story unlike any other, and after 50 years, their story remains as unique as the day they left their native Korea to begin graduate studies in chemical and biochemical engineering at the UI.

Three years after it was enacted, the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, remains both controversial and widely misunderstood. On Saturday, Sept. 14, the University of Iowa Labor Center will present a conference to provide reliable and useful information about the act.

The University of Iowa Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders will sponsor a reading club for people with mild to moderate aphasia starting Sept. 3.

More than 1.4 million carloads of goods and commodities were shipped across the country in rail cars during the month of July. “More moving is a reflection of more consumption,” says Anne Campbell, an associate professor of management sciences at the University of Iowa.