Signed, sealed, and delivered: The University of Iowa welcomed a new magnetic resonance imaging instrument, one of the world's most sophisticated models to date, that will advance research into the human brain and body.

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The University of Iowa hosts a grain silo rescue demonstration to promote greater safety in agricultural and farming. A professional will climb into a simulated silo filled with grain and demonstrate a potential real-life situation in which a person needs to be rescued from an avalanche of flowing grain. The simulation is Monday, June 9, at 5 p.m. at the UI College of Public Health.

Lots of physical activity during childhood leads to strong bones, even for those who don't exercise much as teens: "When you accumulate physical activity as a child, you end up with what looks like better bone as an adolescent," says UI researcher Kathleen Janz.

A magnetic resonance imaging instrument weighing 42 tons—equal to six adult male elephants—arrives on Thursday, June 5, at the University of Iowa. The 7 Tesla magnet will advance UI research by yielding clearer, higher-resolution images of the human brain. The UI is one of only about 20 research institutes in the United States—and only about 40 worldwide—with the instrument. It also is the most...

During Apple's WWDC conference Monday, Senior Vice President of Software Craig Federighi named the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics as one of the hospitals it was working with to develop its new health app, which will be available in the company's next operating system iOS 8.

The chemical attack, gunmen, and panicked spectators at an Iowa ballpark were part of a staged scenario, but the response was real—experts from across the state, including members of the State Hygienic Laboratory at the UI—used full-scale exercises as real life training this spring.

Thirty-six years after launch, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft reached interstellar space in 2013. Renowned space scientist Don Gurnett will offer firsthand perspective on Voyager’s incredible journey during a June 16 Hawkeye Lunch and Learn lecture.

The University of Iowa Mobile Museum will roll into downtown Des Moines on Tuesday, June 17, where it will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. UI curators Sarah Horgen, Elizabeth Reetz, and Julia DeSpain will present a noon lecture about the museum exhibits and mission.

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The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts has announced its 2014-15 Mainstage Season, a run that will feature one of the Western world's greatest comedies, a piece inspired by a work by Hans Christian Andersen, and a party incident gone wrong in the modern age of social networks and viral content.

In addition to natural science, Iowa Lakeside Laboratory offers a summer Entrepreneurship Institute and an Artist in Residence program, says educational coordinator Jane Shuttleworth.