The UI's Dr. Ignacio Ponseti spent 50 years trying to get doctors to accept his nonsurgical club-foot treatment; it wasn't until parents began spreading the word via Internet support groups that the method became standard.

The UI's William Field, who studies the health effects of radon but did not participate in a new study suggesting that energy efficiency measures trap more radon in homes, says testing a home for radon is essential.

Until cars can drive themselves, drivers will find themselves benefiting from advanced safety information systems, some of which are just around the corner and being studied by researchers such as University of Iowa's Mark Schall, a doctoral student in the UI College of Engineering.

UI vehicle safety researcher Dan McGehee supports the proposal to upgrade distracted driving to a primary offense because, he says, while things like food and pets can draw your attention away from the road, cell phones do it more often, and for longer amounts of time.

Do any of your New Year’s resolutions involve losing weight or improving your physical fitness? If so, consider signing up for the 10-week Live Healthy Iowa program. liveWELL offers participation incentives to UI faculty and staff.

This evening, the UI Police will kick-off its first-ever “tweet-along,” beginning at 5 p.m. and including an inside look at the average police officer’s nightly shift.

The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra performing "No Place to Go" on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, at 7:30 p.m. at The Mill in Iowa City. The show is the latest offering in the Club Hancher series of events.

The Universitiy of Iowa IT support community offers security tips, such as maintaining good physical security of your systems, to prevent cybercrime.

The Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards help fund innovative applications of instructional technologies that impact student success and retention.

Since 2005, University of Iowa College of Education faculty scholars have been awarded more than $25 million in external funding. Current projects include everything from recruiting diverse doctoral students, to measuring the efficacy of play therapy, to an afterschool program encouraging girls to find strong role models in literature.

Former University of Iowa President Willard “Sandy” Boyd recalls the night in 1959 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave an address, titled “The Future of Integration" on campus: "Not only was the content strong, but the delivery was powerful.”

The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will present a Gallery Production, "Monopoly," written by Sarah Cho and directed by Ashley Pettit, at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 30-Feb. 1, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, in Theatre B of the UI Theatre Building.