Thousands of University of Iowa students will mark educational milestones as they receive their degrees at spring 2014 commencement ceremonies, which begin May 15 and conclude in early June.

In the fall of 1970, a group of UI journalism students began a publication for students living on campus. The premiere issue of the Light-Eater included coverage of the military draft and the opening of the crisis center, as well as TV listings for four local channels.

The University of Iowa today launched a new two-step phone verification tool to help protect University of Iowa employees from work-related identity theft.

The second of three candidates for the position of University of Iowa Alumni Association President/CEO will visit campus Monday, May 12. A public forum will be held at 3:30 p.m. in the Levitt Center for University Advancement.

A media availability will be Monday, May 12, from 1 to 2 p.m. in 2780 University Capitol Centre, when officials announce a new initiative to help student veterans succeed thanks to a partnership with the Iowa City VA Health Care System and the University of Iowa, The program, the first of its kind in the nation, is called the Iowa Consortium of Veteran Excellence.

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This week's update on Rising to the Next TIER, the transformation and efficiency study of Iowa's public universities commissioned by the Iowa Board of Regents.

The International Writing Program has announced the University of Iowa’s first creative writing MOOC (Massive Open Online Course): How Writers Write Poetry, now open for enrollment. The free course runs June 28-Aug. 9 and will include discussions and workshops.

Diana Burke Cain dropped out of college twice. A University of Iowa professor of English kindled in her the drive and confidence she needed to finish her degree—and embark on a successful career as a teacher.

See a roundup of recent University of Iowa activities, research, public engagement, and campus life in Iowa Now Minute.

PhD candidate Eliot Shearer, M.D. and his colleagues discuss the OtoSCOPE, an innovative new testing platform that can scan all the genes in the time it would normally take to examine one gene.

The University of Iowa Mobile Museum will be open to the public from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15, in the pedestrian plaza north of the UI Main Library.