The Exercise Is Medicine initiative, launched by the American College of Sports Medicine and introduced to the UI campus this summer, calls for integrating physical activity into the health care setting. The Community Outreach Lab in the UI Field House is one endeavor related to the initiative.

A vibrant display on the pedestrian bridge near the Iowa Memorial Union is more than an attractive sight on the University of Iowa campus—it is meant to recognize the University of Iowa’s international students and their significant role in the life of the university.

Ronald J. Weigel, MD, PhD, MBA, the E.A. Crowell Jr. Professor and chairman of the Department of Surgery with University of Iowa Health Care, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), effective Oct. 1, 2018.

Sacha E. Kopp, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is the first finalist for the position of dean of the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He will visit campus Oct. 15 and 16.

Edward Wasserman, Stuit Professor of Experimental Psychology in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Iowa, has been honored by the Pavlovian Society.

The University of Iowa search committee for the new dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) has selected four final candidates. The candidates will visit campus over the next two weeks to participate in public forums and meet with faculty, staff, and leadership at CLAS.

The rising Iowa River has caused unease for Iowa personnel who remember failed attempts to hold back the floodwater in 2008. But, UI officials say the risk is minimal and the lessons learned and improvements made to campus since 2008 have positioned the university to prevent repeated catastrophic damage.

The University of Iowa’s College of Nursing has long offered a rigorous nursing education that trains health care professionals who advocate for optimal patient care and outcomes, and who lead the way in health care research and innovation.

A study from the College of Public Health finds that farm vehicle vibration can significantly contribute to chronic back and muscle pain in farmers who drive them, and researchers hope their study leads to design changes that make farm work less painful.

The University of Iowa is seeking to become the nation’s next HEARTSafe Campus. Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to take CPR training, including instruction on using Automatic External Defibrillators. President J. Bruce Harreld has set a goal of qualifying for designation during the spring 2019 semester.

UI officials, including President J. Bruce Harreld, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Interim Dean Joseph Kearney, and psychological and brain sciences faculty spoke at a groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 8 to celebrate the new building that will transform the department’s teaching and research.

The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies will host two grants totaling nearly $1.6 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: one for a 2019–20 Mellon Sawyer Seminar titled “Imagining Latinidades: Articulations of National Belonging,” and a four-year grant for “Humanities for the Public Good: An Integrative, Collaborative, Practice-Based Humanities PhD.”