Offering too much support can be even more damaging to a relationship than giving too little, but "esteem support"—telling your partner you have faith that they'll figure out how to tackle the problem is most likely to be welcome, says Erika Lawrence, a UI psychologist.

Martin Luther King, Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech defined a movement to improve the lives of African-Americans in this country. “Its importance was immediately apparent,” says Colin Gordon, UI history professor.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present “Tony and Friends,” a free performance featuring UI cello faculty member Anthony Arnone, at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and the general public are invited to the Military and Veteran Student Services Open House from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, in the newly remodeled office located at 111 Communications Center on the UI campus.

Former journalist and Air Force Airman Allen Roberts brings his experience and enthusiasm to the new position of Military and Veteran Education Specialist at the University of Iowa, where he advocates for the more than 500 student veterans on the UI campus.

Professor Katherine H. Tachau of the UI Department of History in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has been appointed by President Barack Obama to the National Council on the Humanities, the advisory board for the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Allen Roberts, a military and veteran educational specialist at the UI and a veteran himself, said the university tries to make veteran students feel comfortable with the school and the college experience.

MBA programs face an array of challenges that will require a nimble response, and among those things that schools must address is what and how teachers teach, according to studies by two University of Iowa professors.

Pediatricians have a long list of things they're supposed to ask about during visits, and tobacco intervention should be a high priority, says Sue Curry, dean of the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

UI College of Public Health Dean Sue Curry, a member of a national task force focused on preventing children from smoking, talks about ways doctors can intervene with young patients.

The University of Iowa has received a STARS gold rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

University of Iowa Pharmaceuticals (UIP) was recently featured in a newscast about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a genetic disease that affects approximately one in 3,500 boys. UIP has a contract with Halo Therapeutics to manufacture HT100, a potential therapy for Duchenne.