Corrine Peek-Asa, director of the UI Injury Prevention Research Center, praises an online program for teen drivers and their parents; study results show those teens spend more time behind the wheel and fail fewer driving tests compared to their peers using a standard state-issued manual.

Seven high school sophomores from across Iowa will receive scholarships for their entries in the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature organization’s 2014 Paul Engle Day: Glory of the Senses Essay Contest. The University of Iowa partnered with the Iowa City organization to offer the top prize winner one year of free tuition to the UI.

The University of Iowa's Mobile Museum will be located at the Riverside History Center, 361 E. 1st St., from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., as part of Riverside's annual Trek Fest.

David Hensley, the director of the University of Iowa's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, said the belief that "you can do it better" pushes serial entrepreneurs to keep on trying.

Almost 60 teachers from across the state of Iowa are participating in teacher feedback sessions this June, part of an on-going process to polish the University of Iowa College of Education's Iowa Testing Programs assessments, which are taken by 400,000 students in Iowa and upwards of 5 million nationwide.

For those who were not able to attend or watch the livestream of the June 18 kickoff of Deloitte Consulting's Phase 2 of the Iowa Board of Regents' Rising to the Next TIER (a Transparent, Inclusive Efficiency Review) program, you can view a recorded version on the UI's TIER website.

UI physician Christopher Buresh, who was awarded the 2014 Individual Governor's Volunteer award, visits Haiti every three months or so carrying out the work of the organization he founded, Community Health Initiative-Haiti.

The Johnson County Sexual Assault Response Team (JCSART) Fund—which was established last fall by local health-care providers and other generous donors with gifts made through the University of Iowa Foundation—helps support the JCSART, one of many resources that can help lessen trauma for sexual assault victims and survivors.

The University of Iowa announces a series of media availabilities with UI President Sally Mason, with the first availability Thursday, July 10, from 10 to 10:30 a.m. at 101 Jessup Hall on the UI campus. Journalists are welcome to attend and should RSVP to UI spokesperson Tom Moore.

This week the UI Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Clinic is hosting its annual camp for children who stutter, during which participants receive five hours of group and individual therapy a day for nine days—far more intensive than anything they receive while in school.

The University of Iowa is touring the state in an effort to bring natural history to residents through a mobile museum: "Iowa is a big state, people are really spread out...this is just a taste of what they would see if they came on campus," said John Doershuk, state archeologist.

The University of Iowa's Office of Sustainability will host a “Solar Works for Iowa” event Friday, June 20, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the UI’s solar electric vehicle charging station, located outside the Madison Street Services Building, 640 S. Madison St, Iowa City.