Hubbard Park is closed for event reservations and recreational activities beginning now through May 17. All current reservations will be canceled through the end of the spring semester.

Children are experts at getting into danger. So, how can parents help prevent the consequences? One answer, University of Iowa researchers say in a new study, is for parents to better understand how their children rate hazards and then use conversation to explain why certain situations can be dangerous. Results appear in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology.

The University of Iowa College of Law and Clarke University in Dubuque have entered into an agreement that will allow undergraduate students at Clarke to earn both their bachelor’s and law degrees in six years.

U.S. Representative Dave Loebsack of Iowa's 2nd Congressional District visited the University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy March 18 to discuss science education and research funding with faculty and visit a laboratory where NASA-funded research is being conducted.

University of Iowa Facilities Management will conduct a series of utilities steam blows between 9 a.m. and noon Tuesday, April 29, near the northeast corner of UI Parking Lot 11 at the corner of Court and Capitol Streets.

Thirty-six years after launch, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft reached interstellar space in 2013. Renowned space scientist Don Gurnett will offer firsthand perspective on Voyager’s incredible journey during a March 25 talk in Des Moines.

P. Barry Butler, University of Iowa executive vice president and provost, will outline how wind energy became a vital part of Iowa’s energy economy—and the locus for university partnerships with industry and communities—during a March 24 event in Iowa City.

University of Iowa faculty, students, and staff are traveling en masse to the American Association for Dental Research annual meeting, held March 19-22 in Charlotte, NC. Among them is Ericka Recker, a first-year dental student who is a finalist for an international award for junior investigators.

Parents and guardians of current or former pediatric patients of University of Iowa Children’s Hospital are invited to nominate their child as a Kid Captain for the Hawkeyes’ 2014 football season. Nominations will be accepted through April 9.

The Doc Dash is a 5K fun-run/walk set for 9 a.m. Saturday, April 5. The event benefits the Iowa City Free Medical Clinic and the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Mobile Clinic and is open to all members of the community.

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University of Iowa faculty, students, and alumni are presenting “Exuberant Politics,” an international exhibition exploring how today’s artists address social issues, in two eastern Iowa locations: Legion Arts in Cedar Rapids and the new Public Space One at 120 N. Dubuque St. in Iowa City.