Finding the best literacy resources for children in Iowa has just gotten a lot easier thanks to the Iowa Reading Research Center. The center, which recently found a new home at the University of Iowa, offers creative and fun ideas such as playing Sight Word Hopscotch or Beat the Clock.

Starting Tuesday, Sept. 15, the University of Iowa community will notice bold new posters around campus highlighting the connection between drinking and sexual assault. The Rape Victim Advocacy Program (RVAP) is rolling out its fall prevention campaign, “My Cup Is Not My Consent.”

The official numbers are in, and the University of Iowa’s class of 2019 is the largest, most academically accomplished, and most diverse undergraduate class in university history. Our real goal, of course, isn’t to admit more students, but to see every student succeed.

Colton's parents noticed something cloudy in their toddler's eye in 2009 and thought it was related to their new puppy. Their doctor recognized the symptoms and referred the family to UI Children's Hospital, where it was determined Colton had retinoblastoma, a rare cancer of the retina.

Neuroendocrine tumors are slow-growing cancers that occur primarily in adults but could also occur in children. They develop where the nervous and endocrine systems interact and are most commonly found in the small intestine, lungs, and pancreas.

In advance of the Iowa–Iowa State football game, students, faculty, and fans gathered on the Pentacrest for a pep rally and members of the UI Army ROTC prepared to deliver the game ball.

Las Cafeteras, a seven-piece ensemble mixing traditional Son Jarocho sounds, Afro-Mexican rhythms and instruments, zapateado dance, and inspiring lyrics, will perform at the Mill Sept. 25 as part of the Club Hancher series.

Engineers with the Iowa Flood Center at the University of Iowa mapped the bottom of the East Nishnabotna River in Red Oak—a first step for an online flood map.

The University of Iowa is partnering with ICAD to create a "tech-geek nerd space" in downtown Iowa City that links education, business, and technology innovation.

Daryl Cameron was lead author on the article "The emotional cost of humanity: Anticipated exhaustion motivates dehumanization of stigmatized targets," published in "Social Psychological and Personality Science."

The following are highlights from the Iowa Board of Regents meeting, Wednesday, Sept 9, at the University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls.

The week of Sept. 7-13 is National Suicide Prevention Week. It is important to reflect on suicide, its prevalence, risk factors, what to do if concerned about someone, and where to get help, according to John Westefeld, a suicidologist and UI College of Education professor.