The UI President's Student Advisory Committee on Sexual Misconduct, made up of nine undergraduate and five graduate students, met for the first time Monday with UI President Sally Mason and other campus officials to select officers and set goals for future meetings.

Learn how climate change is affecting Iowa, as well as activities for children, at the Iowa Climate Festival Saturday, April 26, at the Museum of Natural History in Iowa City. The festival is part of a slew of activities on the University of Iowa campus to commemorate Earth Month.

The University of Iowa President’s Student Advisory Committee on Sexual Misconduct held its inaugural meeting with President Sally Mason and other campus officials this morning, receiving its charge, selecting leaders, and setting goals for future meetings.

For most students, summers are filled with bikinis and beach balls; however, for Blake Rupe, a UI graduate student from Ottumwa, Iowa, her beach gear consisted of safety gloves and sanitary bags as she conducted research on the garbage presence in Veracruz, Mexico.

Elementary students throughout the state gathered at the University of Iowa Saturday, April 19, to showcase their inventions. It's part of a program geared toward getting young minds to make people's lives easier.

The UI Department of Political Science will sponsor a public forum Thursday, April 24, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Old Brick Auditorium, 26 E. Market St. The forum, “Congress Divided, Really?!” will feature a panel of former U.S. representatives, political consultants, and campaign strategists.

Starting this fall, a select group of University of Iowa students will begin preparing themselves for a community service project they will not only develop, but put into action as part of the engaged social innovation track in the interdepartmental studies major.

A group of UI students has launched a campus chapter of Food Recovery Network, a nationwide program that helps students collect surplus food on their campus and donate it to organizations that feed the hungry in their area.

Women from across Eastern Iowa met Friday in the old senate chambers in the Old Capitol building at the UI, a place where many men once served, to examine why women do and do not run for public office.

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Suicide claims the lives of more than 1,100 college students each year. On Tuesday, April 22, the UI will host a suicide awareness display from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Pentacrest west lawn.

The University of Iowa’s premier touring repertory company, Dancers in Company (DIC), is in the midst of another successful tour throughout Iowa and the Midwest. Watch as DIC director Charlotte Adams and two dancers from the troupe describe how their performances better themselves and the community around them.