This week, veterans groups at the Universities of Iowa and Nebraska will be using a 344-mile ruck march not to build strength but to build awareness about one of the most serious issues facing veterans today: suicide.

Community Impact Grants support projects and initiatives that have statewide impact.

Jing “Alice” Wang, associate professor of marketing in the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business, studies lonely people, in particular their shopping habits and relationships with retailers.

The University of Iowa School of Music will live stream the Nov. 17 performance by the UI Symphony Band, beginning at 7:25 p.m. CST. The ensemble will perform in the Voxman Music Building Concert Hall.

Jan Warren, the Assistant Director for Student Services at the Belin-Blank Center, has been selected Arts Network Chair-Elect by members of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC).

The University of Iowa dedicated the new UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital on Nov. 11, 2016. The 14-story, 507,000-square-foot facility will offer private rooms for all patients, eight pediatric operating rooms, a pediatric pharmacy, a playground, gardens, a library, and an interactive theater.

The National Advanced Driving Simulator at the University of Iowa has been testing automation since 1994. The program’s director, Dan McGehee, describes the future of semi-automated vehicles and driving safety as the country looks toward self-driving trucks.

A research paper by University of Iowa graduate student Jacob E. Simmering has been published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation (JCOPDF).

Beginning Nov. 16, fencing and temporary UI Power Plant equipment will be installed at the northeast end of Parking Lot 11 and remain in operation through the 2016–17 winter heating season. Some parking permit holders will be affected.

The University of Iowa Veterans Association and Iowa Reserve Officers’ Training Corps honored Iowa’s veterans during the week of Nov. 6–12 with a reveille ceremony and the fourth annual Veterans Day flag display on the west lawn of the Pentacrest.

The University of Iowa has announced that Jim Leach, former Iowa congressman and chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), will serve as the interim director of the University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA). Leach will take on the role Jan. 1, 2017.

A new nonprofit regional job consortium will help the University of Iowa and area employers build a diverse employee base and recruit dual-career couples.