Howard Hu, founding dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Professor of Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Global Health, and Medicine at the University of Toronto, is the second candidate for the next UI College of Public Health dean. He will visit campus March 20 and 21.

Each year, senior leaders at the University of Iowa form a team for the Live Healthy Iowa 10-Week Challenge. One of their chief motivators: to elevate their well-being, which has an impact on their own lives and the UI workplace.

An estimated 6,300 Iowans will die from cancer in 2018, 18 times the number killed in auto accidents, according to a new report released today by the State Health Registry of Iowa, based in the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

Ann Scheck McAlearney, director of the health services research program and professor of family medicine at the Ohio State University College of Medicine, is the first finalist for the next University of Iowa College of Public Health dean. She will visit campus Monday and Tuesday, March 5 and 6.

Members of the media are invited to a press conference for the release of the State Health Registry of Iowa’s annual ‘Cancer in Iowa’ report. The State Health Registry of Iowa is based in the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

UI researchers are gearing up to take their orthopedic simulator on the road to train doctors and improve patient outcomes. They will also be running tests to assess how well orthopedic residents who train on the simulator do in the operating room compared to those who don’t get simulator training.

The University of Iowa is beginning a search for a new executive vice president and provost. UI President J. Bruce Harreld has named Gail Agrawal, dean of the College of Law, and Teresa Mangum, director of the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, as co-chairs of the search committee.

McKeever thinks back on formative experiences at the University of Iowa and offers advice to current students about how to approach their careers.

Two years into its existence, the UI’s English and creative writing major has exceeded expectations for enrollment, boasting 526 students in fall 2017. Faculty and students say enrollment in the program shows a passion for creative writing at the UI.

Trudy Huskamp Peterson, University of Iowa alumna and former acting archivist of the United States, circles the globe to assist in organizing and safeguarding human rights records.

Anita Krug, interim Toni Rembe Dean and professor of law at University of Washington School of Law, is the fifth finalist for the next University of Iowa College of Law N. William Hines Dean. She will visit campus Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 26 and 27.

Members of the UI ASME club at the College of Engineering are building a solar car with hopes of competing in a cross-country race and visiting all 99 Iowa counties. To make their dream come true, they are trying to raise $80,000 through fundraising and sponsorship.