The University of Iowa Office of the Vice President for Research and the Iowa Centers for Enterprise have announced seven winners of the 2012 Grow Iowa Values Funds (GIVF) Development Funds Proposal Competition.

This year one in 35 Iowa women aged 18-44 will experience sexual violence, according to a new report, “Costs of Sexual Violence in Iowa (2009),” which enumerates not only the incidents of sexual violence in Iowa, but also details the results of a cost analysis to estimate the direct and indirect cost of sexual violence in Iowa.

Iowa artist Barbara Fedeler will lead a gallery talk Thursday, April 26, at 6:30 p.m. in the Hanson Family Humanities Gallery at the University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum. The talk is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

Bedica Ermilus may never know of all of the people who came together and worked hard to bring her to University of Iowa Children’s Hospital for a surgery that would save her life but it’s a sure bet they’ll never forget her.

The University of Iowa is one of two institutions a delegation of Russian educators is visiting for an in-depth look at different facets of higher education, hosted by the UI College of Education's Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development.

The Women’s Chorale and Camerata of the University of Iowa School of Music will share a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 4, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

In the Navy it was Adam Connell’s job to successfully board ships being used for arms smuggling, drug trafficking, and other nefarious activities. But transitioning to college life provided its own challenges. Fortunately, the University of Iowa offers a range of services to help.

“Insects: A Collection in Multiple Dimensions”—featuring artwork by University of Iowa graduate student Kevin Chamberlain—opens May 3 at 5 p.m. in the UI Pentacrest Museums Gallery for the Arts, Humanities, and Sciences at the Old Capitol Museum.

The back-story of Mayberry, a play commissioned by Hancher that looks at race relations in Iowa City. Playwright Sean Christopher Lewis is a 2007 graduate of the UI Playwrights Workshop and lives in Iowa City. The soldout show runs April 26-29 at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City.

The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present the Enso String Quartet on Friday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Iowa City. The concert is the culmination of Hancher’s “Caps Off to Nurses” program, which shares classical music in healthcare settings as a way to thank nurses.

Graduate students in the UI School of Urban and Regional Planning are helping the community think smarter about energy.

A semester-long storytelling project will take place the day after the play 'Mayberry' concludes its successful run in Iowa City.