Students, faculty, and researchers across the Midwest and beyond will gain crucial access to large research datasets through a secure, cloud-based platform called Collaborative Archive & Data Research Environment. CADRE will be developed through a large-scale partnership that includes eight Big Ten universities, a federal funding agency, and private companies.

If classes are canceled, the university will issue a Hawk Alert and post to the UI homepage, the UI Emergency Information website, and its Twitter account.

University of Iowa music therapist PhD student Alaine E. Reschke-Hernández planned and facilitated a study in four Iowa nursing homes to examine the effectiveness of music therapy intervention for people with Alzheimer’s or related dementias.

When researchers from the University of Iowa and Princeton University looked more closely at precipitation and flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in Houston last year, they found that the city’s urban density directly contributed to the storm’s devastating and deadly impact.

The UI College of Public Health works with rural school districts across Iowa to encourage more students to eat lunch and make healthier food choices.

The Whistler Film Festival will host the 10 Screenwriters to Watch event in Whistler, British Columbia. The screenwriters, including University of Iowa alumni Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place), will share their stories and discuss the challenges of succeeding in today’s film industry.

The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust has committed a $12 million grant to fund life-changing research and discoveries in the UI Department of Biomedical Engineering. With this grant, the department will build on its contributions to the field of pulmonary and respiratory biomedicine.

The University of Iowa has appointed a chief innovation officer to lead its research commercialization and economic development activities. Jon Darsee will lead Innovation and Economic Development at Iowa, which includes UI Ventures, Protostudios, UI Research Park, the Office of Corporate Engagement, and MADE.

The UI College of Dentistry provides reduced-cost dental services to veterans, but recently partnered with the nonprofit Everyone For Veterans, which connects combat veterans with free dental services. The college is encouraging dentists across the state to participate.

In 1918, near the end of World War I, an especially virulent flu virus caused an estimated 20 million deaths worldwide. In Iowa, the virus forced the quarantine of a group of student soldiers, the cancellation of social events, and a stern public health warning from the UI’s then-president.

Seven members of the University of Iowa family will be recognized during the Hawkeye Distinguished Veterans Awards on Nov. 15.

Matt Slykhuis saved the lives of injured soldiers by flying them off the battlefields of Afghanistan. A career change to Army hospital administration has brought the Cedar Falls native to the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business to study for a Master in Accountancy.