Older Americans are more vulnerable when natural disasters strike, yet most of them are not adequately prepared for serious floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, fires, or other calamities, according to a new report from the UI College of Public Health.

The Journalism Education Association has named UI graduate Kyle Phillips, Cedar Rapids Washington High School teacher, one of 14 "rising stars," which recognizes early-career teachers who demonstrate a commitment to journalism education and show promise as up-and-coming advisers.

Current debates over the voting rights of felons and voting fraud are just the latest round of debates about voting rights in America that have gone on since the founding fathers signed off on the Constitution, said UI law professor Todd Pettys in a presentation at Muscatine Community College.

Thirty University of Iowa graduate and undergraduate students from the combined studios of School of Music faculty members Katherine Eberle, Gregory Hand, Rachel Joselson, John Muriello, Stephen Swanson, Elizabeth Oakes, Nicole Esposito, Volkan Orhon, and Andrew Parker will perform in “Music of the Baroque for Voice and Instruments” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 31, in Riverside Recital Hall.

Two lanes of northbound traffic on South Riverside Drive will be reduced to one lane near the Stanley Hydraulics Lab and approaching the Burlington Street intersection on Monday, April 7, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

How does affect shape the work of artists, scholars, and activists? How might working environments and labor conditions become healthier? The UI Obermann Humanities Symposium: Affect and Inquiry will address these questions and more Thursday, March 27 to Saturday, March 29.

UI Writers' Workshop director Samantha Chang notes that the fictional Hannah Horvarth of HBO's "Girls" may face some of the same culture shock upon arriving in Iowa as do real-life students from New York.

As severe weather season approaches for much of the country, a recent University of Iowa study finds that, compared to younger adults, older adults are more vulnerable when natural disasters such as floods and tornadoes hit.

Live stream of Don Gurnett's presentation for the Hawkeye Lunch and Learn event at the UI John and Mary Pappajohn Education Center in Des Moines on Tuesday, March 25, at 12 p.m. CST.

The 2014 University of Iowa Provost’s Global Forum on “Child Protection: A Global Responsibility” will be held this week, focusing on how experiences that harm children’s social and behavioral functioning lead to physical and mental health issues in adulthood.

UI junior Elise Prendergast, who is studying abroad at Peking University, had the opportunity to meet with First Lady Michelle Obama on Friday in China.

Amy Hanson, a UI undergraduate human physiology major with minors in chemistry and Spanish from Cedar Rapids, reflects on her study abroad experience in India. She received a short-term program merit scholarship from the Stanley-UI Foundation Support Organization.