The spring 2014 UI College of Dentistry commencement ceremony will be streamed live from "Iowa Now." Streaming will begin shortly before the ceremony begins on Friday, June 6 at 6 p.m. Archival video will replace the live stream on the "Iowa Now" page shortly after the ceremony concludes.

Some 400 students, split into 30 teams representing regions of the Midwest, competed at the University of Iowa for the grand title in the American Regions Mathematics League, hosted locally by the UI College of Education's Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development.

Thirty-six years after launch, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft reached interstellar space in 2013. Renowned space scientist Don Gurnett will offer firsthand perspective on Voyager’s incredible journey during a June 16 Hawkeye Lunch and Learn lecture.

In addition to natural science, Iowa Lakeside Laboratory offers a summer Entrepreneurship Institute and an Artist in Residence program, says educational coordinator Jane Shuttleworth.

Members of the media are invited to the 39th annual meeting of the American Regions Mathematics League, described as the "World Series of mathematics competitions," taking place simultaneously on the University of Iowa campus and three other locations around the country, Friday and Saturday. May 30 and 31.

The increasing importance of data analysis in business decision making has boosted demand for employees with analytical skill sets, leading the UI to begin offering a big data focused undergraduate major called Business Analytics and Information Systems in 2013.

Two years as a marketing and events intern for the UI John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center were just the right preparation for Libby Glaser to join Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation staff as the communications and events coordinator four days after graduating from the UI.

Amanda Bartlett, a UI freshman majoring in journalism and mass communication from Pleasant Hill, Iowa, shares her experiences in the summer study abroad program, Crime and Justice in Britain, where she is gaining insight into America’s criminal justice system by studying its British roots.

About 200 students are taking classes tuition-free at the University of Iowa this summer thanks to the Hawk Tuition Grant.

Libby Glaser, who graduated from the UI this month with a Bachelor of Arts in communications studies and entrepreneurial management, has joined the Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation staff in Spencer as the new communications and events coordinator.

Teams of student-owned businesses will participate in the University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center's program to rapidly build a new business.

The University of Iowa has named 30 teaching assistants the winners of the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards for 2013-14. Winners receive a certificate of achievement and $1,000. They were honored at an award reception on Wednesday, May 7.