In recognition of its ongoing commitment to educational exchange between the U.S. and China, the University of Iowa was recently chosen as one of eight signature partners of the 100,000 Strong Foundation for 2014-15.

University of Iowa officials on Monday spelled out the university’s collective efforts for supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs, cultivating Iowa’s workforce, and putting the state on the path to economic prosperity.

The University of Iowa issued a Crime Alert on Monday, Oct. 6, 2014.

On Oct. 6, President Mason announced the UI is committing funding to support three sexual assault prevention education specialist positions at the UI Women’s Resource Action Center and the Rape Victim Advocacy Program.

Masks give us permission to explore new ideas or to more bravely enact ways of being that we don’t usually give ourselves permission to pursue. All of the qualities that masks allow and invite also make them a clever tool for exploring social issues—the aim of a new UI theatre production, "Crescendo," this year’s Iowa Partnerships in the Arts project.

The Iowa Board of Regents will convene a UI Town Hall meeting Thursday, Oct. 9, where representatives from Deloitte Consulting LLP will present administrative business cases developed as part of the regents’ efficiency and transformation review.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason will meet with media representatives to share updates on the university and take questions on the record at 10 a.m. Wed, Oct. 8, at 101 Jessup Hall.

As the only institute of its kind in the Midwest, King Sejong Institute at the University of Iowa will bring Korean language and culture to the Iowa City community, beginning Oct. 9 with a public kickoff celebration.

The University of Iowa issued a Crime Alert on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014.

The University of Iowa Connie Belin and Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development will celebrate hundreds of outstanding fourth through twelfth-grade students and the teachers who inspired them at its annual recognition ceremony Sunday, Oct. 5.

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Alyssa Billmeyer of Marion, Iowa, is the first University of Iowa College of Pharmacy student to serve as president of the Graduate and Professional Student Government.