Longtime University of Iowa faculty members Craig Zwerling and Nancy L. Sprince have established a new endowed scholarship fund to support students pursuing advanced degrees in the UI College of Public Health’s Department of Occupational and Environmental Health.

A student in a University of Iowa camp reported an assault that occurred in downtown Iowa City in the early afternoon of Monday, July 15.

More than 18,400 Iowa K-12 students learned about art through hands-on presentations featuring original works of art from around the world this past year, thanks to the University of Iowa Museum of Art.

Donald Black, director of the Psychiatry Residency Training Program in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, will read from "Bad Boys, Bad Men" at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 18, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.

University of Iowa student leaders met recently with Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds to discuss college affordability and job opportunities for Iowa students.

John N. Diamond, associate vice chancellor for university relations at the University of Arkansas, will visit the University of Iowa campus Wednesday, July 17 as the third of three finalists for the UI vice president for strategic communication position.

University of Iowa Health Care leaders announced this morning that UI Hospitals and Clinics appears again on "The Best Hospitals in America" listing compiled annually by "U.S. News & World Report."

University of Iowa golfer Steven Ihm was able to live out a dream last week in the Quad Cities. He received a sponsors exemption to play in the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic, earning valuable experience for his upcoming Hawkeye senior season and beyond.

It’s hard to imagine spending the better part of a day shuffling through long lines on campus to sign up for classes, but that’s what every student at Iowa had to do until 1978, when a computerized registration system expedited the process.

Approximately 30 teachers from across Iowa used their training as educators and experience in the classroom to review new questions and provided feedback to test creators at the Iowa Testing Programs.

A survey conducted by the Public Policy Center at the University of Iowa shows 3 percent of children without medical insurance. The results come as policymakers prepare for changes to health programs with the Affordable Care Act, which takes effect next year.

Joseph A. Brennan, associate vice president for university communications at the State University of New York at Buffalo, will visit the University of Iowa campus Monday, July 15 as the second of three finalists for the UI vice president for strategic communication position.