The University of Iowa Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development has named Jim Sheets director of the UI Office of Animal Resources and Attending Veterinarian, effective Aug. 1, 2016. Sheets has served as interim director since June 2015. In this position, Sheets provides leadership of animal care research throughout the UI campus including animal research facilities in...

Around 3:30 p.m. today the University of Iowa recovered a goat that escaped a portable carrier during a transfer operation on Jan. 29. Veterinarians who examined the animal say that it is in good health. The animal was recovered near the intersection of 1st Avenue and Auburn East Lane, between Coralville and North Liberty. The UI is grateful for the help of the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department...

The University of Iowa is encouraging North Liberty residents to report any sightings of a male, cream-and-white goat that escaped a portable carrier during a transfer operation in the UI Research Park Friday, Jan. 29. The goat, property of the university, has been spotted several times since Friday mostly north of the research park and as far east as the Dubuque Street NE neighborhoods near the...