“Fifty Years of Gideon,” a conference at the UI College of Law, will look at how the right to legal assistance has evolved since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its landmark Gideon v. Wainwright decision that guaranteed the right to criminal defense counsel even to those who could not afford it.

The University of Iowa College of Engineering will hold the third annual Richard L. Valentine Distinguished Lecture from 3:30 to 4:20 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, in 40 Schaeffer Hall on the UI campus.

Martha Redbone's rich musical heritage and hunger for new ideas leads to a modern sound grounded in tradition. Her Club Hancher performances provide an intimate opportunity to experience her music. Martha Redbone's Club Hancher concerts are set for Thursday, Oct. 3, at 7 and 9:30 p.m. at The Mill.

So how did you spend your summer? Numerous students and faculty in the UI Division of Performing Arts dotted the globe with their summer activities. Students gained valuable experience performing and working in music, theatre, and dance, while faculty taught at workshops, performed at festivals, and conducted research.

Results from a survey administered by the UI College of Education's Iowa Testing Programs suggest that interest levels among Iowa students in science, technology, engineering, and math, collectively referred to as STEM, decline steadily between third grade and high school graduation.

As the wrecking ball swings at the old Hancher Auditorium and other flooded arts buildings, students, faculty, and staff look forward to reuniting on a newly-constructed arts campus.

Today the overwhelming majority of scientists in Iowa, the United States, and across the world agree that biological evolution explains the diversity of life on our planet.

Doctors learned Myles Peterman would be born with hydroencephalitis—a buildup of fluid inside the skull that puts pressure on the brain—and spina bifida, a birth defect in which the spinal column does not close completely while the baby is still in the womb. Now 13, he's had a variety of surgeries and comes to UI Children's Hospital a few times a year.

Steve Duck, professor of communication studies, weighs in on the question, "What was the greatest speech, historical or fictional, ever given?"

A team led by the Ed Stone and Budd Tucker of the University of Iowa has gained valuable insights into retinitis pigmentosa (RP) caused by defects in the gene USH2A, which, depending on how it’s mutated, can cause vision loss from RP or combined vision and hearing loss from Usher syndrome.

A multi-center study led by University of Iowa researchers to determine whether wearing back braces would prevent the need for spinal correction surgery in children with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis was cut short when early results were overwhelmingly in favor of bracing.

UI orthopedic surgeon Stuart Weinstein has published conclusive evidence that back braces are effective in treating scoliosis: “There were a lot of doctors like me who treat scoliosis as the primary focus of their practice who had doubts about whether bracing was effective.”