The Office of the Ombudsperson is available to all members of the UI community—and, as a recent presentation to UI Student Government demonstrates, it actively seeks more student awareness of its services.

UI officials have created an emergency short-term loan plan for students expecting government stipend checks on Nov. 1, in case the impasse in Washington, D.C., persists.

The University of Iowa’s Carver College of Medicine has one of the country’s strictest conflict of interest policies limiting industry-related gifts, meals, drug samples, and payments for things like travel, according to a new industry report.

At the upcoming Assignment Design Institute Saturday, Oct. 19, participants can learn how to create and implement classroom assignments that foster innovation and invite students to engage with broader communities through the use of audio, video, still images, and other technologies.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present “Not in Kansas Anymore: Percussive Improvisations,” an evening-length musical exploration showcasing the creative energies of NYC-based drummer Matt Wilson and UI professor of percussion Dan Moore, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the Art Building West auditorium.

With an unprecedented rate of flood recovery, health care, and other construction projects taking place around the UI campus including University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, officials remind students, faculty and staff, patients and other visitors to campus to follow the designated alternate routes of travel, obey all traffic signals and signs, and stay alert near construction zones.

The UI School of Social Work prepares students to work in many different practice settings.

Allyn Mark is recognized internationally for his research in brain control of the cardiovascular system and blood pressure, but his greatest passion is as a mentor to trainees and young faculty. Mark will be honored for his exceptional mentoring skills with the 2013 UI Carver College of Medicine’s Distinguished Mentor Award.

The Institute of Medicine as a Profession released its new study Oct. 11 on conflict of interest (COI) policies that shows the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine has one of the five strongest COI policies in the nation.

Administrators from a top Russian university have been visiting the University of Iowa this week to learn about best practices at an American major research university.

Leaders of Kirkwood Community College and the University of Iowa are ready to break ground on a new education center aimed at preparing students for careers in STEM fields.

A University of Iowa program that teams students with community leaders to improve the social, environmental, and economic conditions in small cities is working with Washington in southeast Iowa.