UI communication studies professor Tim Havens said he finds it remarkable how much information Netflix is amassing: “They do know an awful lot about us...it’s really important to realize you’re being surveilled while you watch Netflix.”

All told, the UI Foundation and the University of Iowa brought home nearly two dozen awards from the annual competition, which recognizes creative excellence in advertising and promotional materials.

UI political scientist Vicki Claypool said accommodations from the EU would help smooth the way forward following violent protests in Ukraine: “The European Union has to be more accommodative in the sense of not being quite as critical of Ukraine’s political system and economy."

The 2014 Iowa Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, hosted by the University of Iowa College of Education's Belin-Blank Center, will bring more than 150 of the top science and math high school students from across the state to the UI campus Feb. 27 and 28.

An Australian-led team including a UI geologist studied rocks from the coast of Hudson Bay in Quebec, Canada and found indications that life existed on Earth nearly 900 million years early than currently thought.

Prime numbers, used in data encryption, are the focus of a free, public lecture to be delivered by Yitang Zhang, professor of mathematics at the University of New Hampshire, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, in Room 101, Biology Building East, northeast corner of Iowa and Dubuque streets in Iowa City.

The University of Iowa will host the Samuel L. Becker Memorial Conference Feb. 27 through March 1 and kick off a public Community Conversations series March 1 to honor the life and work of the noted communications scholar and distinguished professor emeritus.

A physicist and a pitcher talk about the beauty of a breaking ball.

Distracted driving is a public health and safety issue. That’s what legislators heard last week from professor Shaun Vecera, a psychologist at the University of Iowa who does research on distraction.

The University of Iowa’s premier touring repertory company, Dancers in Company, splashes onto campus with its hugely popular home concert at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 27-March 1, in Space Place Theater, 101 North Hall.

Illusionist Kevin Spencer worked recently with University of Iowa physical therapy students to show them how magic can help make rehabilitation more fun and less frustrating for patients.

The UI College of Education hosted its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Research Symposium on Feb. 7. The event highlighted student research on issues of diversity, covering topics ranging from student interest in STEM to differences in moral reasoning in a religiously diverse student body.