When Tyler Stercula walks into class, he's not expecting to hold a candle to a hydrogen-filled balloon and ignite a giant fireball in front of his startled classmates—but that's what he does, with four different gases. This is how Professor Robert Mutel likes to teach General Astronomy.

Five-year-old Josie, recovering from surgery, lies on her hospital bed, a stuffed rabbit clutched in her arms. Four nurses enter the room, each taking their turn introducing themselves, checking Josie’s vitals, and helping her as she struggles with pain and nausea.

Lara Shema walks purposely down the halls of Lucas Elementary School in Iowa City, a floral notebook tucked confidently into the bend of her right elbow, a pen at the ready. She hopes to have a classroom of her own someday, but for now she is serving a 10-week practicum at the school while working toward a degree in elementary education.

As students file into John Solow’s class at Pappajohn Business Building and take their seats, the opening guitar riff of The Pixies’ “Here Comes Your Man” starts to twang over the speaker.

Sixteen students are seated around four tables in a spacious, light-soaked room at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, just steps from the entrance to the basketball court. They’re enrolled in a first-year seminar on college athletics that covers game-day production, facility management, marketing, and more.

Christopher Brochu strides into the Pomerantz Center auditorium with a resin replica of a five-foot-long jawbone tucked under his arm. He sets it down carefully on a table adjacent to the podium, attaches a microphone to his shirt, looks up at the 100–plus students watching him, and grins. Today’s lesson explores tyrannosaurs.

University of Iowa Recreation and Sport Management lecturer Dan Matheson led 45 UI students to the Twin Cities for a business "field trip" earlier this month.

University of Iowa Staff Council’s service recognition program acknowledges all professional and scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President.

The real-money political prediction market operated by the Tippie College of Business sees a 70 percent probability of a Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate in trading Monday afternoon.

The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy reports the Iowa Board of Regents approval of the schematic design, project description, and budget for the construction of a new facility during their recent meeting in Iowa City.

UI Staff Council’s service recognition program acknowledges all professional and scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President.

University of Iowa Staff Council’s service recognition program acknowledges all professional and scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President.