The University of Iowa’s MFA in dramaturgy program specializes in new-play development, allowing dramaturgs to collaborate directly with playwrights.

Lauren Lessing, Mirken director of academic and public programs at Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine, is the third finalist for the next director of the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art. She will visit campus Monday and Tuesday, April 23 and 24.

UI students in the Department of Cinematic Arts worked with eighth-graders at Bettendorf Middle School to create movie trailers and welcomed them to campus for a visit.

The law firm conducting a review of the University of Iowa’s employment policies and practices has submitted its first report. It includes an analysis of the university’s community policies on human rights, anti-harassment, sexual harassment, anti-retaliation, and violence, as well as policies specific to the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.

The University of Iowa Libraries has announced the establishment of the Jack B. King University Librarian Chair. Sue Curry, interim executive vice president and provost, has appointed university librarian John P. Culshaw to hold the new endowed chair.

University of Iowa film professor and comics scholar Corey Creekmur weighs in on why the nation's capital is rarely the site of climatic confrontations. The reasons range from comic-book history to Hollywood antagonism.

The University of Iowa and the Facilities Management Landscape Services Tree Crew were recently honored with the 2017 Tree Campus USA award at the 28th Annual Community Forestry Awards Luncheon in Des Moines.

Department executive officers can face a steep learning curve. To help DEOs navigate new territory, the UI began the DEO Leadership Development Program, co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost and University Human Resources.

Cholesterol-lowering drugs are more likely to save thousands of additional lives when used in people with higher levels of LDL cholesterol, or “bad” cholesterol, according to a new study from the University of Iowa, published in the “Journal of the American Medical Association.”

Kathleen V. Jameson, former president and CEO of the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina, is the second finalist for the next director of the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art. She will visit campus Wednesday and Thursday, April 18 and 19.

Catherine M. Hale, director and curator of Creative Campus Galleries at Sheridan College in Mississauga, Ontario, and former curator of African and non-western art for the UI Stanley Museum of Art, is the first finalist for the UI Stanley Museum of Art director. She will visit campus April 16–17.

A partnership between the UI College of Nursing and the Iowa City Free Medical and Dental Clinic provides the clinic with a nurse practitioner and a steady supply of nurse practitioner students to treat patients, most of whom have no health insurance and limited access to medical care.