The University of Iowa honored five members of the armed forces for exceptional service to both their country and the Hawkeye community with a new award on Thursday night.

UI assistant professor of history Keisha N. Blain writes that despite black women's influence at the polls, their concerns are undervalued in contemporary political campaigns. While some presidential candidates have gone to great lengths to court black voters, few have been vocal about black women's vulnerability to state-sanctioned violence.

The Furry Friends program, a Volunteer Services program and a part of the Department of Rehabilitation Therapies at UI Hospitals and Clinics, began in 2003 as a way to lighten and brighten patients’ days. Therapy dogs help patients forget the present, even if it’s just for a few minutes.

The University of Iowa Department of Dance will present its first performances of the season, featuring the work of graduate and undergraduate students, at 8 p.m. Thursday–Saturday, Nov. 19–21, in Space Place Theater.

The UI Department of Theatre Arts will continue its Mainstage season Nov. 13 with Tom Stoppard’s "Arcadia." The play alternates between the early nineteenth century and the present day, and secrets of the universe are discovered or unearthed again.

A new study from the University of Iowa finds that once we reach a conclusion, we aren’t likely to change our minds, even when new information shows our initial belief is likely wrong and clinging to that belief costs real money.

The University of Iowa Dance Marathon Allocations Committee voted to approve a new, significant funding request put forth by UI Children’s Hospital leadership: $2.2 million over three years to establish the UI Dance Marathon Pediatric Oncology Targeted Therapy Program.

On Veterans Day, members of the UIVA, Iowa Army ROTC, and the UI community gathered on the west lawn of the Pentacrest to honor Iowa's veterans with an opening ceremony featuring reveille, the national anthem, and remarks from former Professor of Military Science LTC Steven C. Fredericks.

A scholarship fund honoring an Iowa family’s three generations of commitment to higher education has been awarded to students from Iowa City and Spencer. First-year UI Doctor of Physical Therapy students Katherine Bird and Clare Goeken are recognized as the 2015-16 recipients of the Louis and Dorothy Laubenthal Memorial Scholarship.

The IWLA awards alumnus Robert Benesh the 2015 Teacher of Promise award.

Systematically providing selective colleges with detailed information about applicants’ high-school backgrounds could significantly raise the admission rates of low-income students, a new study concludes. Nicholas A. Bowman, director of the UI’s Center for Research on Undergraduate Education, recently co-presented the paper at an annual conference.

The Tippie College of Business presented its Oscar Schmidt Iowa business leadership award to the family of Garry and Carlton Smith, owners and operators of the Sioux City-based American Popcorn Co., maker of Jolly Time popcorn.