Know of University of Iowa staff members who have done something really great for the university, the community, or the state? Now's your chance to nominate them for some of the university's top staff honors.

North Carolina leaders are considering alternatives to gasoline taxes including a mileage-based system like the one in a national study conducted by the UI's Paul Hanley, who notes: "Our participants...were concerned about privacy and what's going to happen to that data."

Diet drinks may increase the risk of heart attacks, stroke, and other heart problems in postmenopausal women, according to a UI study.

When we think about music from other countries, it can be easy to get caught up in a one-note stereotype. UI’s Hancher will present Sones de México Friday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the Englert Theatre, where the folk music ensemble will share the full scope of Mexico’s varied traditions.

Clinton Street will be closed to through traffic from the intersection at Burlington Street south one block to Court Street, effective April 1 through August 26. Traffic should follow detour signs via S. Dubuque Street to Prentiss Street.

The University of Iowa Main Library Learning Commons, in conjunction with Craft Critique Culture, an interdisciplinary graduate student conference, is hosting a Social Media Boot Camp March 31-April 5.

Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.'s words, "Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education," Dubuque artist Adam Eikamp is creating a sculpture for the new UI West Campus Residence Hall with a curved shape representing "the creative and educational process."

The University of Iowa, along with other Iowa regents institutions, will showcase undergraduate student research projects, from archaeology to public health, at the annual Research in the Capitol event on Tuesday, April 1 in Des Moines. There are 20 UI student research projects on display, with the students on hand to discuss them.

John Hosp, professor and chair of the UI College of Education Department of Teaching and Learning, released a new book to help teachers resolve student learning and behavioral issues by making research-based decisions on what to teach and how to teach it.

See a roundup of recent UI activities, research, public engagement, and campus life in Iowa Now Minute 3/28/2014.

A renowned student-run journal at the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication begins its fourth decade of continuous publication.

Three University of Iowa teams concluded their seasons in NCAA postseason action, making for a busy few weeks of "March Madness."