Professionals from across the state who serve the LGBTQ youth population, as well as homeless youth and those in foster care, attended Iowa’s first statewide Summit on LGBTQ Homeless and Out-of-Home Youth, which took place in the UI College of Education's Teacher Leader Center.

Dr. Hans House says a drop in the number of visits to the emergency room at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is likely seasonal and not related to Affordable Care Act-related changes.

Libby Glaser, who graduated from the UI this month with a Bachelor of Arts in communications studies and entrepreneurial management, has joined the Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation staff in Spencer as the new communications and events coordinator.

Sherree Wilson has traveled Iowa from Sioux City to the Quad Cities, advising health care providers on culturally responsive care, where providers develop an understanding of the local patient population, recognize the potential for bias in encounters with their patients, and select tools for effective cross-cultural communication.

Construction on the new Hancher is about 20 percent complete.

Almost six years since the Flood of 2008 inundated the original Hancher Auditorium, the University of Iowa’s new performing arts center is taking shape.

Dan McGehee, who studies driver safety at the University of Iowa, says Internet-connected cars could be a good thing, as long as automakers can figure out a way to keep people from fiddling with it while they drive.

The University of Iowa's Mobile Museum returns to Decorah May 29 and 30.

Teams of student-owned businesses will participate in the University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center's program to rapidly build a new business.

The fourth annual MusicIC, Iowa City’s free summer chamber music festival, promises to be the most dramatic and ambitious yet, featuring the music of Beethoven’s “Kreutzer Sonata,” a play based on Tolstoy’s novella of the same name, which was inspired by Beethoven’s work.

The UI Foundation and UI Alumni Association staff achieved 100 percent participation this year during their third annual campaign to encourage employee giving in support of the University of Iowa as part of "We Are Levitt. We Are Phil."

Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds toured the Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building on Wednesday and praised its innovation and entrepreneurial spirit.