Media representatives and invited guests are welcome to attend a groundbreaking event for the new University of Iowa Children’s Hospital Friday, June 21, at 3:30 p.m. at the Colloton Patio, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

With little rainfall over the weekend, and no substantial precipitation forecast for at least the first part of the week ahead, the Iowa River continues to recede.

In 1972, Preservation Hall Jazz Band was the first act to play the newly opened Hancher Auditorium. Last week, the band came back to town to mark progress toward a new Hancher and to tell communities across Iowa that, when it comes to confronting floods, we’re all in this together.

The University of Iowa Facilities Management has received APPA's 2013 Sustainability Award.

The University of Iowa, the University of Iowa Foundation, and the UI arts community hosted the Celebration of Partnership on Friday, June 14—an event that honored shared efforts to rebuild UI arts facilities following the historic flood of 2008.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason’s message was clear. “I can say thank you over and over again to each and every one of you,” she said, “and it wouldn’t be enough.” She addressed government leaders, faculty, staff, students, and community members at a June 14 event marking the start of construction on new UI arts facilities.

Another wet weekend is on the horizon, with as much as 2 inches possible in the Iowa River basin through Saturday night. In spite of the potential for rain, the numbers for Coralville Lake and the Iowa River continue to move in a positive direction.

Three University of Iowa recent graduates collaborated with UI professors to create a nursing exam prep app that has been downloaded 60,000 times.

Due to an increased risk of thunderstorms, today’s Arts and Minds: A Celebration of Partnership program is moving to its rain location—Macbride Auditorium in Macbride Hall on the University of Iowa Pentacrest. The program begins at 3:30. A reception, performances by UI School of Music students, and exhibits of work by UI School of Art and Art History students will continue as planned in the Old...

Solon's Anne Edwards learned about the Hawkeye football game day experience from a player's perspective by participating in this year's Iowa Ladies Football Academy, which raised $230,000 for Iowa Children's Hospital.

Today it’s only a hole in the ground, but someday soon it will be a stunning, iconic, and user-friendly Hancher Auditorium.

Qi Wu, assistant professor of pharmacology in the UI Carver College of Medicine, has been selected as a 2013 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences.