The spring 2014 UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences a.m. commencement ceremony will be streamed live from "Iowa Now." Streaming will begin shortly before the ceremony begins Saturday, May 17, at 9 a.m. Archival video will replace the live stream on the "Iowa Now" page shortly after the ceremony concludes.

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The spring 2014 UI Graduate College commencement ceremony will be streamed live from "Iowa Now." Streaming will begin shortly before the ceremony begins Friday May 16, at 7 p.m. Archival video will replace the live stream on the "Iowa Now" page shortly after the ceremony concludes.

The spring 2014 UI Carver College of Medicine commencement ceremony will be streamed live from "Iowa Now." Streaming will begin shortly before the ceremony begins Friday, May 16, at 6:30 p.m. Archival video will replace the live stream on the "Iowa Now" page shortly after the ceremony concludes.

An experimental drug can lower levels of cholesterol by up to 75 percent when combined with a statin, UI researchers have found.

A Canadian study found insurance coverage for IVF treatments led to fewer multiple births: “This is an encouraging finding that might influence payers to reconsider [covering] IVF, as they may ultimately benefit by the reduced cost," says Brad Van Voorhis, UI IVF program director.

The spring 2014 UI Tippie School of Management MBA commencement ceremony will be streamed live from "Iowa Now." Streaming will begin shortly before the ceremony begins Friday, May 16, at 10 a.m. Archival video will replace the live stream on the "Iowa Now" page shortly after the ceremony concludes.

UI College of Public Health Dean Sue Curry and colleagues met with southern Iowa business, health and education leaders to discuss cyberbullying as a public health issue affecting Iowa’s youth.

Three years ago Steven Ihm joined the University of Iowa men's golf program. Three years later, he will leave as the first three-time All-Big Ten honoree in program history.

Three separate instructional support units on campus—ITS Instructional Services, the Center for Teaching, and the Evaluation and Examination Service—will join forces as the Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology to enhance support for UI instructors.

Artists Wycliffe Gordon and Tomas Kubinek—along with Orchestra Iowa’s Maestro Tim Hankewich and Hancher’s executive director Chuck Swanson—will enjoy a picnic lunch with construction workers at the site of the new Hacher Facility Wednesday, May 21. Gordon will perform.

A new study led by the University of Iowa reports a drug may help lower a particular type of cholesterol. The researchers say the drug, evolocumab, boosts statins, which help lower cholesterol. Results appear in the Journal of the American Medical Association.