Six University of Iowa students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have been awarded the first-ever John and Elsie Mae Ferentz Undergraduate Fellowships for Research. These fellowships were made possible by a gift to the UI Foundation from Kirk and Mary Ferentz in honor of Kirk’s parents.

The University of Iowa and Iowa State University announced Wednesday a new option allowing industry to negotiate exclusive licenses to breakthroughs from partnerships with university researchers. The goal is to increase universities' partnership with companies on research and to increase the rate of technology transfer to the private sector.

The first-class writing published by the University of Iowa Press covers many subjects, creating demand not only from readers but also from other writers and publishers who wish to reprint the material. As UI Press rights and permissions manager, Lydia Crowe plays a vital role in licensing content in a complex era for publishing.

Andrea Cooper will bring her daughter's story to the University of Iowa campus when she shares "Kristin's Story: A Story of Acquaintance Rape and Depression" at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 10, in the Second Floor Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union.

As part of a national campaign to raise awareness about the importance of patient safety, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics leaders in Iowa City announced the winner of the hospital’s 2013 Great Catch Award, which honors health care providers who take action to prevent harm to patients.

University staff and faculty are accomplishing great things every day. See who’s making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.

Nite Ride, the free shuttle service offered to women on and near the University of Iowa campus by the UI Department of Public Safety, has expanded its west-side route.

"Iowa Literaria," the electronic journal of the MFA in Spanish Creative Writing program at the University of Iowa, is online as of Tuesday, Feb. 26.

The Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMTech) group at the University of Iowa is engaged in a variety of novel manufacturing activities that include the goal of creating a functioning human organ some 10 or 15 years from now.

Ahmi Dhuna, a 10th grader at Burlington High School, earned top prize for her research examining antibacterial benefits of the Neem tree at the 2013 Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS).

The class surveys a selection of the various types of law that govern the approximately 60 countries in the world where the majority or a sizable minority of the people are Muslims and looks at how those countries incorporate Islam into their law. Only a few use shari'a.

Terry Tempest Williams will read from her work at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, 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.