Corinne Peek-Asa, University of Iowa professor of occupational and environmental health and director of the CDC-funded Injury Prevention Research Center, discusses recent research testing a positive strategy for parent-teen communication about driving.

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The Science Writing Heuristic approach, which was co-developed in 1998 by Brian Hand, a science education professor at the University of Iowa’s College of Education, offers educators a new way to teach that transforms the science classroom and changes the way students think.

UI finance professor Art Durnev recently spent two weeks teaching at the Tippie College of Business' MBA program in Hong Kong, located at the center of the pro-democracy protests there.

Bettendorf resident Dimy Doresca is the new director of University of Iowa's Institute for International Business, a consulting firm of sorts that helps small and mid-sized Iowa businesses expand into global trade.

The University of Iowa Student Government, Graduate, and Professional Student Government, and the President’s Student Advisory Committee on Sexual Misconduct will be encouraging students, staff, and faculty to take a stand against sexual assault by making the “It’s On Us” pledge during a drive campaign on Tuesday through Thursday, Oct. 28 to Oct. 30.

The University of Iowa College of Nursing has reached a major milestone in "For Iowa. Forever More: The Campaign for the University of Iowa." The college has raised more than $20 million in private support toward its $25 million goal as part of the campaign.

Aly Olson, the reigning Miss Iowa who is a student at the UI that recently advanced to the Top 12 in the 2015 Miss America pageant, will be part of a special series of pre-game activities scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 1, when the Iowa football team entertains Northwestern at historic Kinnick Stadium.

Tippie College of Business grad Amos Hill sees lawyering as hero's work, in a way: An advocate for people in need. That goes for car accident victims, businesses in trouble, and even fellow young lawyers like himself. He represents Iowa on the American Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division.

UI finance professor Art Durnev describes his experience teaching at the Tippie School of Management's Hong Kong MBA program, which is at the epicenter of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests.

Oct. 13-17 marked the second annual We Are Phil giving appeal for University of Iowa faculty and staff, but the push to bolster private support for UI people and programs continues.

The Master of Science in Health Policy degree program, formally approved Thursday, Oct. 23, by the Iowa Board of Regents, will equip students with advanced training in health policy analysis. The new degree will be offered by the Department of Health Management and Policy in the UI College of Public Health beginning in spring 2015.