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The University of Iowa has a new dome protecting its rooftop astronomical observatory atop Van Allen Hall, courtesy of a grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust. The dome, an important part of the observatory used for undergraduate student instruction, replaces one that had become outdated for classroom and public use and had been in place since Van Allen Hall was constructed in the early...

Steve McGuire, a UI professor of 3D design and metal arts, organized a contest designed to inspire innovation among students and champion the resurgence of the craft of bicycle mechanics.

The Clapp Recital Hall Casavant pipe organ will find a new home with the University Heights-based St. Andrew Presbyterian Church congregation. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

Sugarcoat, a food trailer selling vegan treats, will hit the streets of downtown Las Vegas this fall. The project, the brainchild of 14 University of Iowa students and faculty member David Gould, grew out of coffee shops and restaurants, Saturday night brainstorming sessions and weekend road trips. It "pushed the envelope of what a college class could look like."

Jackyln Even, a UI senior sociology student, says discrimination has been an issue for her, despite having played video games since childhood, in a story on women fighting back on video game misogyny.

The university-run Hawkeye Court Apartments have provided an affordable housing option for students since 1968, but the buildings in the complex are past their prime and will all be demolished by 2014. The units are simple, convenient, and cheap—but for many former residents, they meant much more.

UI history professor Colin Gordon, author of Growing Apart: A Political History of American Inequality, says the decline in union membership has taken political power away from workers and ceded ground to groups with other interests.

Hillary Clinton is topping all polls in hypothetical 2016 match-ups against Republicans, but Vice President Joe Biden isn't faring as well. “If they don’t want Hillary then they may be looking for sort of the next generation politician,” UI professor Tim Hagle said.

Thanks to a recent grant, the University of Iowa School of Social Work will be leading an initiative to produce 30 web-based seminars (or webinars) for nursing home social workers—the first series of its kind nationally.

UI graduate Sarah Willis brings some of the nation's top chefs to Iowa in August to honor and cook for the network of family farmers providing all-natural pork to Niman Ranch. And the chefs return to their kitchens with insight into how the pigs are raised.

University of Iowa graduate Cathryn Sloane shares seven things that new incoming college students should know to help them succeed in the classroom.