Christopher Merrill, director of the International Writing Program (IWP) at the University of Iowa and an award-winning poet, writer, and editor, will receive the 2025 Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature from Words Without Borders.

The University of Iowa debate team was crowned the national champion in March, winning finals of the Cross Examination Debate Association’s National Championship on a 6-3 decision.

University of Iowa researchers have found an association between patients with urinary incontinence and cardiovascular disease risk factors or events.

In a new study, Iowa physicists propose that interplanetary magnetic field rotation could help explain why Mars became the cold, dry planet we see today.

Researchers in the University of Iowa's biology department have identified a chemical used in plastics that seems to have negative affects on the reproductive success of a freshwater snail.

The upper layer of the Earth's atmosphere could play a bigger role in shaping the northern lights than previously thought, University of Iowa researchers show.

University of Iowa researchers found in a new study that images of Earth that kindle "blue marble awe" could create more favorable views of renewable energy and the environment.

An infrared microscope designed by a University of Iowa team led by Thomas Folland helped produce information that could help advance electronic technologies.

A University of Iowa research team has found that a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs have no effect on kidney function.

A University of Iowa study looks to find a nonsurgical way to treat a common eye disease.