On Feb. 20, University of Iowa staff received a report from a student that on Feb. 15 the student was sexually assaulted at an off-campus fraternity house. The student stated she was at the fraternity house when a fraternity member invited her to another room, where he sexually assaulted her. At this time the reporting party has decided not to report the incident to law enforcement and police are...

The University of Iowa Main Library Learning Commons project has won a Master Award from the Master Builders of Iowa.

The 2014 Iowa Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, hosted by the University of Iowa College of Education's Belin-Blank Center, will bring more than 150 of the top science and math high school students from across the state to the UI campus Feb. 27 and 28.

An Australian-led team including a UI geologist studied rocks from the coast of Hudson Bay in Quebec, Canada and found indications that life existed on Earth nearly 900 million years early than currently thought.

Members of the public recently got a behind-the-scenes preview of a ground-breaking play designed to shine a light on—and stir public conversations about—one of the most pressing social issues of the day: cyber-bullying among teens.

Even with basketball season in full swing, University of Iowa men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery continues to help with cancer awareness and fundraising for cancer research.

Prime numbers, used in data encryption, are the focus of a free, public lecture to be delivered by Yitang Zhang, professor of mathematics at the University of New Hampshire, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, in Room 101, Biology Building East, northeast corner of Iowa and Dubuque streets in Iowa City.

The University of Iowa will host the Samuel L. Becker Memorial Conference Feb. 27 through March 1 and kick off a public Community Conversations series March 1 to honor the life and work of the noted communications scholar and distinguished professor emeritus.

For information about UI resources, reporting options, and how to get or provide help, see the Office of the Sexual Misconduct Response Coordinator website: osmrc.uiowa.edu In light of recent sexual assaults in Iowa City and on campus, University of Iowa President Sally Mason has issued the following statement: Related: University of Iowa sexual misconduct response "Sexual assault is a terrible...

Because of a main break on Capitol Street near Lafayette Street on the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 19, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) has requested a precautionary boil advisory for Iowa City west of Riverside Drive and University Heights. This does not include the University of Iowa, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, or the Veteran's Administration Hospital, which use a...

A physicist and a pitcher talk about the beauty of a breaking ball.

On Feb. 18, a student reported to University of Iowa staff that on Jan. 27 at about 9:30 p.m. the student was walking on the west riverbank near the railroad tunnel by the Fine Arts building when the student was approached by three unknown college age males and the student was sexually assaulted.