UI neurologist Nancy Andreasen, who has spent decades studying creativity, shares her research on where genius comes from, whether it is dependent on high IQ, and why it is so often accompanied by mental illness.

University of Iowa researchers have discovered a new form of neurotransmission that influences the long-lasting memory created by addictive drugs, like cocaine and opioids, and the subsequent craving for these drugs of abuse. Loss of this type of neurotransmission creates changes in brains cells that resemble the changes caused by drug addiction.

UI journalism professor Frank Durham joins two Iowa State colleagues for a discussion of the disconnect between the types of news people say is important (international, business, political) and they types of stories the click on online; is reading hard news coverage like eating your vegetables?

University of Iowa's Hancher will connect great artists with great audiences with another robust season of events.

UI neurologist Eric Dyken, director of the Sleep Disorders Center at the UI Hospitals and Clinics, discusses the latest research on sleep, including how wasting time before bedtime could be shattering your plans for shut eye.

Corrine Peek-Asa, director of the UI Injury Prevention Research Center, praises an online program for teen drivers and their parents; study results show those teens spend more time behind the wheel and fail fewer driving tests compared to their peers using a standard state-issued manual.

Mark Blumberg, F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology, has been honored with a MERIT Award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, becoming only the second faculty member in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to ever receive this honor.

David Hensley, the director of the University of Iowa's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, said the belief that "you can do it better" pushes serial entrepreneurs to keep on trying.

For those who were not able to attend or watch the livestream of the June 18 kickoff of Deloitte Consulting's Phase 2 of the Iowa Board of Regents' Rising to the Next TIER (a Transparent, Inclusive Efficiency Review) program, you can view a recorded version on the UI's TIER website.

Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

UI physician Christopher Buresh, who was awarded the 2014 Individual Governor's Volunteer award, visits Haiti every three months or so carrying out the work of the organization he founded, Community Health Initiative-Haiti.

The Johnson County Sexual Assault Response Team (JCSART) Fund—which was established last fall by local health-care providers and other generous donors with gifts made through the University of Iowa Foundation—helps support the JCSART, one of many resources that can help lessen trauma for sexual assault victims and survivors.