University of Iowa Recreation and Sport Management lecturer Dan Matheson led 45 UI students to the Twin Cities for a business "field trip" earlier this month.

The real-money political prediction market operated by the Tippie College of Business sees a 70 percent probability of a Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate in trading Monday afternoon.

The Iowa Board of Regents will hold a telephonic meeting Friday, Nov. 14, from 2-3:30 p.m. to consider action on eight TIER administrative business cases presented by Deloitte Consulting LLP at the board’s Oct. 2 meeting.

University of Iowa engineering graduate student Lee Hauser studies mussels in the Iowa River with an eye on a career in water resource engineering after graduation.

David Frisvold, assistant professor of economics, will present “Public Policy and Personal Health: Effective tools for combating obesity,” on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at noon in the Iowa Theater, Iowa Memorial Union.

With songs like “Killing Me Softly with His Song” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” to her credit, Roberta Flack has crafted essential parts of the American soundtrack. The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present Flack on Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort Event Center.

A dozen undergraduates at the University of Iowa learned about biodiversity in a hands-on way: The students worked with biologist Andrew Forbes and graduate students to inventory insect populations in urban areas, as part of a biodiversity study. Some said the experience may influence their career choice.

Green spaces in cities are great, but they don't ensure biodiversity, according to University of Iowa biologists. The team found insect abundance was lacking in two common urban trees, suggesting insect movement may be limited by barriers, such as roads and buildings. Results appear in the journal PLOS ONE.

In 2013, Caitlyn Hill underwent a bone marrow transplant at University of Iowa Children's Hospital. Today, she has 100 percent donor red blood cells and is considered cured of sickle cell anemia.

Senator Tom Harkin visited the University of Iowa's Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building Oct. 28 to learn about federally funded research under way at the facility, and to emphasize the health and economic impact of funded research.

University of Iowa student organizations are holding an "It's On Us" pledge drive on Tuesday, Oct. 28; Wednesday, Oct. 29; and Thursday, Oct. 30.

As the culmination of an extended residency that has touched many areas of the UI campus, Liz Lerman brings her newest work, "Healings Wars," to University of Iowa's Space Place Theatre Nov. 13-15.