Iowa City and University of Iowa Police continue to search for the suspect responsible for two armed robberies reported within minutes of each other near the Gaslight Village, 422 Brown St., late Tuesday night.

Adults age 45 and older with elevated triglycerides who have had a stroke, heart attack, chest pain, or heart surgery are invited to participate in a University of Iowa research study on preventing these conditions.

UI staff member Michelle Cohenour coordinates early intervention programs, reaches out to students who are identified as being at-risk for leaving the university, and serves as a point-person for faculty, staff, and family members who are concerned about a particular student.

The University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums will present the third concert in the 2012–13 Piano Sundays Series at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 4, in the Senate Chamber of Old Capitol Museum, featuring "Iowa Rising Stars" students who have won awards at the 2012 Iowa Teachers Music Association completion.

Students in the University of Iowa College of Education's REACH program will exhibit their ceramic creations Monday through Friday, Nov. 5-11, at the Atrium Gallery in the Studio Arts Building, the former Menards building on Highway 1 in west Iowa City.

The first of a free series of open and informal lunchtime talks about the digital public humanities will take place from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, in Room 3052 in the University of Iowa Main Library.

The Get to Know series asks University of Iowa faculty and staff a few questions about their work and their outside interests. Today we visit with Dale Fisher from the UI Museum of Art.

On the same day many American adults are voting in the presidential election, more than 300 students will participate in their own discussion of civic rights at the 16th Annual International Day conference hosted by the University of Iowa College of Education.

Carver College of Medicine student marks World Stroke Day by recounting his experience witnessing the dramatic results of timely stroke treatment.

George Horace Gallup came up with the idea of doing a more sophisticated poll while lecturing in journalism at the University of Iowa and studying for his Ph.D. The genesis of Gallup was noted in a story on the organization announcing it will refine its methodology, emphasizing the preference of voters most likely to vote.

When UI Human Resources staff set out to improve the Working at Iowa survey, they looked to faculty expertise across campus—expertise that's ensuring quick follow up, including survey results in January.

Four University of Iowa faculty members (A. Allen Bradley Jr., Jay Christensen-Szalanski, Caroline K. Sheerin, and Jodi Tate) have won the 2012 President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence in recognition of their years of outstanding teaching.