Although some Iowa hospitals have confirmed cases of EV-D68, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics reports no confirmed cases of EV-D68, said Eli Perencevich, professor of medicine at the UI Carver College of Medicine. But doctors have submitted several specimens to be tested. Actual care and management of the virus are very standard and are part of our protocol, he said.

A coating material that contains silver nanoparticles appears to reduce the number of germs that survive on surfaces, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The findings suggest that the coating may be potentially useful for preventing infections in hospital settings.

The University of Iowa ranks 27th among the nation's best public universities, according to the latest rankings published by the magazine "U.S. News & World Report." The UI's placement in the 2015 edition of the magazine's "Top 30 Public National Universities" compares to a ranking of 29th in the 2014 edition.

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As an incentive to sign up for Web Development classes through the University of Iowa’s Dev/Iowa program this fall a limited number of registrants will receive $25 passes to Startup Weekend Iowa City, an intense pitch development event taking place Oct. 3-5.

The UI Hospitals and Clinics celebrated the 35th anniversary of the AirCare Program Sunday at an open house that also marked the 10th anniversary of the UI Department of Emergency Medicine.

Officers from the University of Iowa Department of Public Safety took home first and third place titles in this year's K9 Olympics.

Deloitte has released presentations for three proposed business cases: policy for search committee size and structure, common admission application portal for Iowa's three public universities, and a standardized approach to manually calculating Regent Admission Index scores.

Miss Iowa Aly Olson, a UI senior pursuing a bachelor of music in vocal performance from Des Moines, is preparing for the Miss America competition. The Presidential Scholarship recipient hopes to be the first Miss Iowa to win the competition.

The C-SPAN bus will visit the University of Iowa campus on Thursday, Sept. 11 and Friday, Sept. 12. Students who visit the bus will have the opportunity to learn about C-SPAN internships, test their knowledge of public affairs through quizzes, and interact with touch screen computers that demonstrate many of C-SPAN's web resources.

Through an agreement with the Association of American Universities, the University of Iowa Office of Research and Economic Development is making available to the campus community free live and on-demand streaming of the upcoming TEDMED 2014 talks.

University of Iowa political science professors Cary Covington and Tim Hagle weigh in on how political campaigns will take shape between Labor Day and Nov. 4.