A new UI Public Policy Center study says that 3 percent of Iowa children do not have health insurance, one of the lowest rates in the nation that could nonetheless be improved.

Longtime University of Iowa faculty members Craig Zwerling and Nancy L. Sprince have established a new endowed scholarship fund to support students pursuing advanced degrees in the UI College of Public Health’s Department of Occupational and Environmental Health.

Dr. Donald W. Black, professor of psychiatry at the UI Carver College of Medicine, says that genetics and sociocultural expectations regarding gender roles are likely two reasons why men commit more crimes, in a story on 11 reasons why men die sooner than women.

Linda Kerber, UI professor emeritus of history, comments on the all-female jury in the Zimmerman verdict, saying that opinions of women jurors tending to be emotional in their decision making are folklore and was rationale used for decades to prevent women from being jurors.

Donald Black, director of the Psychiatry Residency Training Program in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, will read from "Bad Boys, Bad Men" at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 18, 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.

Members of the both the Linn Street and New Horizons bands come together for a special performance Wednesday, July 24, under the direction of Jerry Zinn, retired ICCSD band director and Erin Wehr, UI visiting assistant professor of music education.

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Neil Segal, UI associate professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation, reveals why having a baby could have you shopping for new shoes.

University of Iowa Health Care leaders announced this morning that UI Hospitals and Clinics appears again on "The Best Hospitals in America" listing compiled annually by "U.S. News & World Report."

Pamela Ries was recently named the new director of the UI College of Education's REACH (Realizing Educational and Career Hopes) Program, a two-year certificate program designed to serve individuals facing intellectual and learning challenges.

A survey conducted by the Public Policy Center at the University of Iowa shows 3 percent of children without medical insurance. The results come as policymakers prepare for changes to health programs with the Affordable Care Act, which takes effect next year.

The University of Iowa Summer Opera will present Gilbert and Sullivan’s "Iolanthe," a magical and hilarious operetta full of brilliantly witty dialogue and soaring melodies, complete with orchestra and some fantastical special effects. Performances will take place at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, July 11-13, and 2 p.m. Sunday, July 14, at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts.

The UI Department of Theatre Arts is staging performances of "No Fish in the House" in numerous Iowa communities throughout July. Director Paul Kalina, assistant professor in the theatre arts department, spent some time before the July 7 performance at Brucemore in Cedar Rapids talking about the play and the importance of taking the show on the road.