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Daniel McGehee, director of the Human Factors and Vehicle Safety Research Program at the University of Iowa, says adults are more open than teens about texting-while-driving because they don't fear reprisals and figure they don't have anything to lose.

A group of UI students spent spring break in Las Vegas working on a class project with UI Associate Director David Gould to re-imagine the downtown area. Many of the students say they overcame their initial fears and stereotypes of the city and could envision living there.

Data from a statewide survey of sixth, eighth, and 11th-grade Iowa students found an increased risk for alcohol use, binge drinking, using marijuana and other illegal drugs, and misusing prescription drugs among children of deployed or recently returned military parents compared to children in nonmilitary families.

The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present "Kindur: The Adventurous Life of Icelandic Sheep" by Compagnia TPO on Tuesday, April 9 at 7 p.m. at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts. Compagnia TPO is a company on the frontier of interactive performances.

Ben Hunnicutt, UI leisure studies professor and author of "Free Time: The Forgotten American Dream," discusses the drop in leisure time and how thinkers from Whitman to Henry Luce were convinced that leisure time was considered an essential component of the American Dream.

Hawkeyes across campus are invited to thank the people who make their University of Iowa experience better as part of a social media campaign organized by UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication students.

Terry Wahls, a medical doctor and UI professor, has developed "The Wahls Protocol," also the title of a forthcoming book, about the special diet she's developed, which involves eating a diet similar to what cavemen would have eaten.

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The breast cancer mortality rate in Iowa has dropped significantly over the past 20 years, UI doctors said Wednesday, a trend they expect to continue thanks to better screening and treatment advancements. The data is from the Cancer in Iowa 2013 report.

Colin Gordon, professor of history, will present “Iowa on WorldMap“ on Thursday, March 28, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in 1117 University Capitol Centre at the Old Capitol Town Center.

Brain health is the focus of an upcoming presentation by Dr. Steven Anderson, director of the neuropsychological rehabilitation laboratory at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.