Nearly 200 middle school students traveled to the UI campus to learn about the college experience and contribute to a book discussion. The event, in its eighth year, is organized by the UI College of Education's Diversity Committee and Belin-Blank Center as well as many other campus partners.

The spring 2014 UI College of Pharmacy commencement ceremony will be streamed live from "Iowa Now." Streaming will begin shortly before the ceremony begins Thursday, May 15, at 10 a.m. Archival video will replace the live stream on the "Iowa Now" page shortly after the ceremony concludes.

Three years ago Steven Ihm joined the University of Iowa men's golf program. Three years later, he will leave as the first three-time All-Big Ten honoree in program history.

Three separate instructional support units on campus—ITS Instructional Services, the Center for Teaching, and the Evaluation and Examination Service—will join forces as the Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology to enhance support for UI instructors.

Spark your child's creative side this summer. University of Iowa Arts Share camp still has space available June 16-20. The camp is for children entering grades 1-6. Campers are grouped by grade with a limit of 18 students per section.

Artists Wycliffe Gordon and Tomas Kubinek—along with Orchestra Iowa’s Maestro Tim Hankewich and Hancher’s executive director Chuck Swanson—will enjoy a picnic lunch with construction workers at the site of the new Hacher Facility Wednesday, May 21. Gordon will perform.

While a majority of UI seniors line up jobs or graduate study, some pursue opportunities with community service organizations like City Year or the Peace Corps. While they may not offer large paychecks for recent college graduates, they can pay out huge dividends in personal and professional development.

A new study led by the University of Iowa reports a drug may help lower a particular type of cholesterol. The researchers say the drug, evolocumab, boosts statins, which help lower cholesterol. Results appear in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The third of three candidates for the position of University of Iowa Alumni Association President/CEO will visit campus Wednesday, May 14. A public forum will be held at 3:30 p.m. in the Levitt Center for University Advancement.

May 2014 University of Iowa graduates share their next steps after commencement, including jobs, internships, and academic pursuits.

Kaitlyn Dornbier, a University of Iowa senior engineering student and a team of fellow students created Walk Thru, a virtual realtor app that lets you tour an apartment or house that’s on the market, instead of just looking at still images.

UI law professor Lea VanderVelde says the circumstances that led Dred Scott to sue for freedom and then to stick with the litigation for eleven years, finally culminating at the Supreme Court, can be attributed to three different sets of factors: geography, local law, and hidden parties.