Divers installed new flashboards on top of the Iowa River Burlington Street dam earlier this week. The flashboards raise the level of the dam slightly, which provides for a slightly higher water level for the water plant intake. Based on duck behavior, it appears as though the new flashboards make catching dinner just a little bit easier as well.

The National Advanced Driving Simulator at the University of Iowa has been selected to receive a University Transportation Center grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Administration.

The University of Iowa Symphony Band, under the direction of faculty member Richard Mark Heidel, will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, in the Second Floor Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union.

Typhoon Haiyan’s trail of destruction in the Philippines last weekend is drawing attention to the difficulty of providing relief services in a place where roads, ports, and airports are all but destroyed. A UI researcher works to find more efficient methods for governments, agencies, NGOs, and businesses to transport relief supplies to disaster areas.

UI students in the 3D Design Program were among a select few invited to participate in CONNECT, a new international student design exhibition affiliated with SOFA Chicago. The expo showcased the students' creative work and provided them with a professional experience they won't soon forget.

Injuries and deaths from ATVs increased so much in recent years that the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics devotes resources to a program focused on safety and injury prevention.

Ed Dove, UI professor of biomedical engineering, is working with UI and Kirkwood Community College officials to establish the UI as the Project Lead the Way biomedical curriculum affiliate for Iowa, allowing Iowa teachers to learn the curriculum locally, rather than out of state.

Internationally renowned Darwin biographer James Moore will describe the manuscripts, unpublished family correspondence, notebooks, diaries, and ship logs that show abolitionism had deep roots in Darwin’s family. His lecture will take place at 5 p.m. in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol Museum on the University of Iowa campus.

The UI Tippie College of Business now offers a “one and done" application for which prospective students submit their paperwork ahead of time, then spend a day getting to know the campus; the admissions committee then meets, and the next day the student has an admission or rejection.

On the west lawn of the University of Iowa Pentacrest, a giant letter "I" signifies not only the sacrifices, but also a celebration of veterans, which helps return the Veterans Day holiday to its celebratory roots, says UI Military and Veteran Education Specialist Allen Roberts.

Robert Cargill, UI assistant professor of classics and religious studies, has appeared as a biblical authority in nearly 15 documentaries and TV programs, including a six-part documentary called “Bible Secrets Revealed” that will begin airing Wednesday on the History Channel. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

People passing by the Iowa River’s Burlington Street dam will likely see lots of unusual activity this week, starting Monday, Nov. 11, as a barge and divers make appearances for two separate projects.