A Canadian study found insurance coverage for IVF treatments led to fewer multiple births: “This is an encouraging finding that might influence payers to reconsider [covering] IVF, as they may ultimately benefit by the reduced cost," says Brad Van Voorhis, UI IVF program director.

The spring 2014 UI Tippie School of Management MBA commencement ceremony will be streamed live from "Iowa Now." Streaming will begin shortly before the ceremony begins Friday, May 16, at 10 a.m. Archival video will replace the live stream on the "Iowa Now" page shortly after the ceremony concludes.

UI College of Public Health Dean Sue Curry and colleagues met with southern Iowa business, health and education leaders to discuss cyberbullying as a public health issue affecting Iowa’s youth.

Three years ago Steven Ihm joined the University of Iowa men's golf program. Three years later, he will leave as the first three-time All-Big Ten honoree in program history.

Three separate instructional support units on campus—ITS Instructional Services, the Center for Teaching, and the Evaluation and Examination Service—will join forces as the Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology to enhance support for UI instructors.

Artists Wycliffe Gordon and Tomas Kubinek—along with Orchestra Iowa’s Maestro Tim Hankewich and Hancher’s executive director Chuck Swanson—will enjoy a picnic lunch with construction workers at the site of the new Hacher Facility Wednesday, May 21. Gordon will perform.

A new study led by the University of Iowa reports a drug may help lower a particular type of cholesterol. The researchers say the drug, evolocumab, boosts statins, which help lower cholesterol. Results appear in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The third of three candidates for the position of University of Iowa Alumni Association President/CEO will visit campus Wednesday, May 14. A public forum will be held at 3:30 p.m. in the Levitt Center for University Advancement.

UI law professor Lea VanderVelde says the circumstances that led Dred Scott to sue for freedom and then to stick with the litigation for eleven years, finally culminating at the Supreme Court, can be attributed to three different sets of factors: geography, local law, and hidden parties.

UI professor Rachel Marie-Crane Williams will talk about bringing students to the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women to facilitate classes on healthy relationships May 27 in Des Moines.

The University of Iowa partners with Postville and Waukon to provide dental care for elementary and middle-school students. The initiative, called Project SEALED, had served up to 700 children in the underserved communities in northeast Iowa.

The University of Iowa Theatre Building will be closed for the summer as it undergoes major renovations. The building will close after finals on Friday, May 16, and will remain closed until before the start of classes in August, when it will open for the fall semester.