In the case of James Clancy, the path to enshrinement in the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame began in ninth grade, when he was invited to play keyboard with a garage band called Webster’s Unabridged. The professor of prosthodontics in the UI College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics reflects on the honor.

Arthur Bonfield, the godfather of Iowa’s open meetings and public records law, applauded the Iowa Public Information Board's decision to wait at least a year before asking lawmakers to tweak the year-old legislation that created the panel.

Andy Peterson, director of the UI sports concussion program, says football helmets help diffuse the impact of collisions, but don't absorb the forces of that impact; modern helmets help protect against skull fractures and traumatic head injuries that cause bleeding in the brain, he says.

Christopher Merrill, director of the University of Iowa International Writing Program, will read from his most recent books of poetry, "Boat" and "Necessities," at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.

The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights will host a community-based, humanitarian aid summit for Syria Tuesday Oct. 15, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Jones Commons, Room 300 in Lindquist Center North on the UI campus.

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The UI Tippie College of Business has created "a space for collaboration for people of all ages" to serve as a starting point for sparking further innovation and partnership.

Sandra Daack-Hirsch, a clinical nurse specialist and assistant professor in the University of Iowa College of Nursing, has made it her mission to find out why fewer women are participating in pre-natal screening.

Andy Grewal is now officially a friend of the United States Supreme Court. Grewal, a professor at the University of Iowa College of Law, filed an amicus curiae brief for a case that will be heard by the Supreme Court this fall.

As part of the governor’s statewide STEM initiative, leaders from four Iowa school districts visited campus through a partnership with the UI College of Education’s Education Technology Center and UI Office of the Provost to help Iowa educators transform their classrooms into technology rich, active learning environments.

In 2009, 11-year-old Alex Kirby learned he had a rare genetic kidney disorder. After his transplant, doctors determined his sister, Molly, had the same disorder and would also need a transplant.

With help from the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, three scholars have translated a complex account of Cortés' conquest of Mexico, offering a local account of events often viewed through European and contemporary eyes.