As part of its ongoing education and awareness efforts, the UI Information Security & Policy Office is reminding the campus to always be vigilant of “phishing” attacks—scams that use emails or phone calls to solicit personal or confidential information that the scammer uses illicitly.

On Wednesday, May 11, the UI announced the fourth candidate for the position of assistant vice president and director of public safety. Scott Beckner, director of public safety at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Georgia, will visit campus May 12 and 13.

University of Iowa chemists have learned about a molecular assembly that may help create quicker, more responsive touch screens, among other applications. The researchers report the interfacial layer—when molecules interact with a surface—of electrically charged fluids called ionic liquids is thicker than previously known.

This fall, Emily Duncan, a University of Iowa graduating senior, will begin a two-year master's program in flute performance at the Juilliard School in New York City.

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government. It is designed to increase understanding between people of the United States and other countries by providing participants opportunities to study, teach, conduct research, and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.

When Marilynne Robinson began teaching at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she quickly became an influential instructor and nationally respected figure. Now, after 25 years, she retires from the workshop having inspired many.

Write down those saved messages! The University of Iowa will upgrade its campus telephone voice mail system May 19 through June 2. The new voice mail system will function exactly as the previous version, but old messages cannot be transferred to the new system.

A new study by researchers from the University of Iowa, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory suggests there may be an overlap between rare genetic variations linked to bipolar disorder (BD) and those implicated in schizophrenia and autism.

Bill Bryson is the author of 21 nonfiction books, his most recent being "The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island."

On Sunday, May 8, the UI announced the third candidate for the position of assistant vice president and director of public safety. Douglas Tripp, senior director of safety and security for Orange County Public Schools in Florida, will visit campus May 9 and 10.

UI driving researchers have developed a 285-square-mile virtual city to offer a safer, faster, and more cost-effective way to test vehicles, including driverless cars.

This year, about 4,930 University of Iowa students will be recognized at spring 2016 commencement ceremonies, which begin May 12 with the College of Pharmacy commencement, and end June 3.