Through internships, traditional rotations, and dedicated education-unit experiences, UI Hospitals and Clinics nurses like Judy Swafford provide thousands of hours of work experience, learning opportunities, and professional development to hundreds of student nurses every year.

We all know that the University of Iowa has rivals across the fields, courts, pools, and tracks of the Big Ten Conference, but lesser known is the long-standing, high-impact collaborations the UI has with these same universities.

UI Hospitals and Clinics was one of 15 entities honored in the Major Teaching Hospitals category of the most recent Truven Health Analytics annual 100 Top Hospitals study, and received a special designation for high performance and fast long-term improvement.

University of Iowa student Caroline Wadman and her faculty mentor, Gerene Denning, will head to Washington, D.C., to participate in a selective research showcase called Posters on the Hill. Wadman's project focuses on ATV-related deaths and injuries and will inform educational materials.

SantosHuman, a company that grew out of ongoing research at the University of Iowa, is working with the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research to enhance effectiveness and reduce injuries among that country’s military members.

Elizabeth Reetz, education and outreach program director for the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist, has been appointed as chairperson for the Society for American Archaeology’s Public Education Committee.

UI faculty and students will partner with Mason City and a five-county region in east-central Iowa on community-betterment projects ranging from art to urban revitalization. The Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities will lead the effort, which will take place during the 2016–17 academic year.

The Daily Nonpareil editorial board calls the University of Iowa's new scholarship program, Raise.me, "laudable for a couple reasons," including preparing high schoolers for college and not precluding enrollment at a community college.

When Grinnell's ASI Signage wanted to expand its market and start selling its products around the world, the UI's Institute for International Business was ready to help.

Why are there different hominin species sprinkled throughout the islands of Southeast Asia? A study led by UI paleoanthropologist Russell Ciochon suggests that ancient humans followed nomadic prey throughout the islands as the climate changed, then became isolated and later went extinct.

Gov. Terry Branstad was among those in attendance as UI dedicated the new Quad Cities home of the Tippie College of Business in Davenport.

Parents and guardians of current or former patients have until March 31 to nominate their child to be a 2016 Kid Captain.