Students participating in the theatre class Movement Styles: Clown learn to "follow their nose," or confront their vulnerabilities, to create a unique clown character.

During the Building and Managing Winning Political Campaigns class, UI Adjunct Instructor Joseph Gaylord emphasizes the five key elements of a winning campaign: the candidate, organization, adequate finances, a believable contrast with the opponent, and a base of support on which to build.

Controversy yields conversation. Conversation generates action. Action sculpts the future. The University of Iowa explores these ideas with the fall 2015 course Race and Social Justice After Ferguson.

Anyone who’s walked through the Pappajohn Business Building in recent months has been a part of the Tippie College of Business’s Contemporary Topics in Marketing class.

The weekly class gives students a chance to learn about nonprofit organization branding and donor communication and gain practical experience planning and writing fundraising materials. It’s also a core course in the Fundraising and Philanthropy Communication certificate program.

"It is not enough anymore to simply lecture to students," says Sophia Klingenberger, a student in Instructional Issues in Teaching Science, a class offered at the new Kirkwood Regional Center at the University of Iowa. The course covers the most effective ways to engage youth in science.

If you have a university-owned mobile device (laptop, tablet, or external storage) that has not yet been encrypted, the Information Security and Policy Office recommends reaching out to your local technology support provider to help the university meet its Dec. 31 deadline.

See some snippets of UI President Bruce Harreld's first few days on the job, from his office in Jessup Hall to his outreach activities in our nation's capital.

More than 20 UI faculty representing diverse disciplines and backgrounds were selected to participate in a two-day “Write to Change the World” workshop Nov. 7 and 8 through The Op Ed Project. This is the first time the workshop has been offered on the UI campus.

Through an agreement with the Association of American Universities, the University of Iowa's Office of Research and Economic Development will once again make free, live and on-demand streaming of the TEDMED 2015 talks available to the campus community beginning November 18.

Health specialists are urging all University of Iowa students under 25 to receive a third dose of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, which is being offered free of charge at special clinics on campus over the next week.

The "Get to Know" series asks University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students a few questions about their work and their outside interests. Today, we visit with Zachary Buettner, professor of military science with UI Army ROTC.