The University of Iowa Thesis Rental Gallery, which provides a unique glimpse of academic American art over much of the last century, moves back to the main campus and gains an online component.

Legislators with Iowa ties received an up-close look at how UI researchers are helping to keep Iowa's children safe, treat people who suffer from medication-resistant depression, and preserve valuable artifacts in the world of film.

The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust has committed a $12 million grant to fund life-changing research and discoveries in the UI Department of Biomedical Engineering. With this grant, the department will build on its contributions to the field of pulmonary and respiratory biomedicine.

The University of Iowa has appointed a chief innovation officer to lead its research commercialization and economic development activities. Jon Darsee will lead Innovation and Economic Development at Iowa, which includes UI Ventures, Protostudios, UI Research Park, the Office of Corporate Engagement, and MADE.

The UI College of Dentistry provides reduced-cost dental services to veterans, but recently partnered with the nonprofit Everyone For Veterans, which connects combat veterans with free dental services. The college is encouraging dentists across the state to participate.

In 1918, near the end of World War I, an especially virulent flu virus caused an estimated 20 million deaths worldwide. In Iowa, the virus forced the quarantine of a group of student soldiers, the cancellation of social events, and a stern public health warning from the UI’s then-president.

University of Iowa students studying abroad and international students at UI will be recognized during International Education Week, Nov. 12-16.

Seven members of the University of Iowa family will be recognized during the Hawkeye Distinguished Veterans Awards on Nov. 15.

Matt Slykhuis saved the lives of injured soldiers by flying them off the battlefields of Afghanistan. A career change to Army hospital administration has brought the Cedar Falls native to the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business to study for a Master in Accountancy.

Tierney Bates, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina, is the third finalist for the position of University of Iowa associate vice president/dean of students. He will visit campus Wednesday, Nov. 7.

Desirée Rieckenberg, senior associate dean and director of the Office of the Dean of Students at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, is the second finalist for the position of University of Iowa associate vice president/dean of students. She will visit campus Monday, Nov. 5.

A new UI partnership with the Tippie College and College of Public Health provides an education in business and leadership basics to students in the College of Pharmacy so they can learn how to manage a health care business in their careers.