Parents and guardians of current or former pediatric patients of University of Iowa Children’s Hospital are invited to nominate their child as a Kid Captain for the Hawkeyes’ 2015 football season. Nominations will be accepted through March 24.

As the undergraduate dean in the Henry B. Tippie College of Business, Ken Brown draws on his experience as a father. Every day he strives to make Tippie the kind of place where his young daughters would have a great educational experience and be successful.

American employers are hiring again, and that economic improvement means another record number of organizations will be represented at this spring’s career fair, with hundreds of jobs, internships, and other career opportunities waiting for University of Iowa students on Wednesday, Feb. 25, in the Iowa Memorial Union.

A spring semester course required of all first-year students in the Tippie School of Management’s full-time M.B.A. program givens them an opportunity to gain experience by working with real-life clients on real-life business challenges.

The University of Iowa’s premier touring repertory company, Dancers in Company, splashes onto campus with its hugely popular home concert at 8 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 26-28, in Space Place Theater.

How do we best prepare the next generation of drivers? That topic will be the focus of the upcoming Hawkeye Lunch and Learn event, as Corinne Peek-Asa presents “Steering Teens Safe: How Research Has Informed Best Practices for New Drivers.” The event will be held at noon, Wednesday, March 4, in the Iowa Memorial Union Iowa Theater.

Jackson Pollock’s Mural, considered by many to be the most important modern American painting ever made, is trying out a new medium: motion pictures.

University of Iowa infectious disease specialists Dan Diekema and Eli Perencevich discuss programs and methods being used to prevent hospital-acquired infections.

A University of Iowa study on the benefit of exercise on mild to moderate Parkinson's disease is cited in an article about neuroplasticity.

Dawn Bowlus, director of the UI John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center's Jacobson Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship, helped American Girl develop support materials for its latest doll, an entrepreneur.

The Three Plus Three program agreement with the UI College of Law makes it possible for motivated St. Ambrose students to finish college and law school in a total of six years, instead of the usual seven.

The University of Iowa Department of Public Safety will test the Hawk Alert emergency notification system at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 19 as required by federal law.