The UI Department of Public Safety is expanding its student security officer program as part of a growing effort to build a community policing culture on campus. Scott Beckner, assistant VP and director of public safety, wants to get students more involved, see UI officers as approachable and a resource.

Celebrated organist Kevin Bowyer will perform Sorabji’s monumental Second Organ Symphony for the inauguration of the University of Iowa’s new Klais organ beginning at noon on Feb 10. The performance will last about eight-and-a-half hours—but you can catch the finale if you arrive at 8 p.m.

It’s another year to remember for the University of Iowa Dance Marathon community. Dance Marathon 23 raised $2,572,130.23 to help fund pediatric cancer research at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital.

Patients taking a new class of drugs to reduce cholesterol do not experience an increase in side effects like memory impairment or nervous system disorders, but may have an increased risk of cataracts, according to a study led by a UI College of Public Health researcher.

What do you do when there's nothing to watch on TV? Or no TV to watch? The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will stage Anne Washburn's critically acclaimed ‘Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play,’ in which survivors of a global disaster reenact ‘Simpsons’ episodes, starting on Friday, Feb. 8.

Dan Matheson, director of the UI’s Sport and Recreation Management program and recent winner of the University of Iowa President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence, discusses how the SRM team equips Iowa students for success.

The University of Iowa's award-winning Visual Arts Building, which opened in the fall of 2016, was built specifically for art and artists, and to facilitate teaching about art production. The building provides the perfect home for UI students to express their creativity.

Meet Beth MacKenzie, the UI’s new recycling coordinator. Based in the Office of Sustainability, MacKenzie’s goal is to help the UI meet its 2020 target of diverting 60 percent of on-campus waste away from the landfill. She also leads Recyclemania 2017, an all-campus recycling initiative that begins on Feb. 5.

The University of Iowa is celebrating a milestone in February—its 170th birthday. What do you love about being a Hawkeye? It can be a person, place, or memory during your time on campus. Starting Feb. 1, you can tell us on social media using the hashtag #iloveUIOWA.

Hong Kong University students are working with UI students as part of the Virtual International Project Team program, a year-long design challenge that prepares students to work across borders. Long-standing partner Aix-Marseille University in France will continue to participate.

Social media has become an increasingly powerful tool for businesses to build their brands, and a University of Iowa researcher is studying how some use “textual paralanguage” to do it well *high five* while others do it Just. Plain. Bad.

The Cubs Trophy Tour, presented by State Farm, is coming to the University of Iowa, giving fans the opportunity to see and take photos with the 2016 World Series Trophy. The trophy will be at the Iowa Memorial Union’s Second Floor Ballroom from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30.