Indie pop duo Matt & Kim and the high-energy rock group Grand Funk Railroad will co-headline the 2012 University of Iowa Homecoming concert on Friday, Sept. 28.

University of Iowa alumnus Peter Nkumu opened Elikia Restaurant in Coralville in 2008, which serves traditional Congolese food. He's faced many hardships along the way, but he continues to keep his passion alive.

Piano Sundays, a series of live performances at the University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum, resumes Sept. 2 at 1:30 p.m. The series features UI School of Music piano professors and their studio students.

The Partnership for Alcohol Safety wants to make sure students are aware that the Iowa City Police Department is conducting proactive party patrols this fall to look for apartment and house parties that are disruptive to neighbors or that have signs that things might be getting out of control.

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History will begin its fall “Movies@MNH” series Sunday, Sept. 2, at 2 p.m. in the Macbride Auditorium. The movie series is a free family event open to the public. This month’s movie is a NOVA feature titled “Last Extinction: What Killed the Mammoths?”

It's been a cruel summer for Mitt Romney on the Iowa Electronic Markets. Polls show a tight race between Romney and President Barack Obama on the eve of the Republican National Convention, but the two are heading in opposite directions on the IEM.

The University of Iowa is among the best places in the country for people who like the outdoors, according to a new list called "Outdoor University." The list comes from Outside Magazine, which assembled "the top 25 colleges for Outside readers."

A team led by the University of Iowa has unearthed some remains of a second mammoth, a rarity for a single site located in the Midwest, scientists associated with the dig announced Friday.

The fourth-annual Hawkapalooza will feature a lunchtime tailgate party, a pep rally, and an evening concert from Grammy-award winning superstar T-Pain at Hubbard Park on Thursday, Sept. 6.

Computer scientist Doug Jones identifies the ways in which database matching could disenfranchise qualified voters.

The University of Iowa is helping a new business get off the ground. Its focus: helping other new businesses do the same.

A recent national study that shows Iowans ranking low in the amount of money they donate to nonprofit organizations was not surprising to a University of Iowa analyst who works closely with the state’s charitable organizations.