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The University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA) set an all-time museum record for statewide participation and attendance at events during fiscal year (FY) 2015, drawing 221,879 people in Iowa. This significantly surpassed the previous record of 136,943 for FY 2014.

For 10 years, the Obermann Graduate Institute has helped nearly 200 UI graduate students from across disciplines think about how to weave engagement into their research and teaching. Taking It to the Streets, a symposium scheduled March 3-4, will commemorate the anniversary.

We must build our future at the University of Iowa on our heritage of strengths. That is particularly true for our mission of teaching and learning—how we provide the highest-quality educational experience for our students and how we most effectively train tomorrow’s teachers and educational leaders.

The UI Public Policy Center's four-part study shows something that's happening across the globe. Dentists are nearing retirement. The data showed Iowa dentists 55 and older nearly doubled from 23 percent to 42 percent between 1997 and 2013.

Last fall, "Black Art; Real Stories," a publication led by University of Iowa students, published its first print issue and launched its website to showcase the writing of black undergraduates.

The Iowa Department of Public Health on Feb. 19 announced that an Iowa resident, who recently traveled to countries with ongoing Zika virus transmission, has tested positive for the virus. Iowans traveling to areas where there is ongoing Zika virus transmission should take care to protect themselves from mosquito bites.

Ethan Canin, F. Wendell Miller Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Iowa, discusses troubled math genius Milo Andret, the lead character of his latest novel, A Doubter's Almanac.

Kathy Klump recently took a position in University Shared Services, a new unit providing financial transactional services across campus. Her new position will allow her to excel in more specific duties and leave her mark on an organization as it’s built from the ground up.

Phil Kaaret, UI professor of physics and astronomy, says the discovery of gravitational waves resulting from two black holes merging into one “opens a new way of looking at the universe,” and that “it’s just beginning of discovery.”

As part of the University of Iowa Just Living Theme Semester, six new University of Iowa fellows are combining art and storytelling in the Office of Sustainability’s Climate Narrative Project to illustrate the staggering impacts of climate change and seek regenerative ways for climate action.

The Virtual Soldier Research Program at the University of Iowa has been awarded a $2.6 million grant from the Office of Naval Research to create a simulation program to predict and prevent musculoskeletal injuries in U.S. Marines—one of the leading medical problems impeding military readiness.