History alumnus James Erwin's Reddit postings were well-read; before long, his hypothetical time-travel military scenario (modern Marines fighting the Roman Empire, in the earlier era) landed him screenwriter duties on a big-budget flick.

Writers' Workshop alumnus Juan Felipe Herrera dedicates the award to "all the young writers who want to put kindness inside every word throughout the state, because kindness is the heart of creativity."

As the new Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, University of Iowa graduate Tom Wickham helps keep the legislative process in order.

Fiction writer Kevin Moffett, an alumnus of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award, discusses his newest book Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events. Moffett is described as "one of today's funniest fiction writers."

Former University of Iowa basketball star Don Nelson, the NBA's all-time winningest coach, says graduating from the UI this spring is more important than his possible election to the Hall of Fame.

Sherry Lang, one of 10 UIHC nurses named to 100 Great Iowa Nurses, is profiled.

The University of Iowa Combined Heat and Power Plant project, located on the UI Research Park Campus, recently won a National Recognition Award for engineering excellence from the American Council of Engineering Companies.

School of Music alumnus Jonathan Hallstrom has conducted the orchestra at Colby College for 28 years, but will lay down his baton this spring to concentrate on teaching and composing.

Thomas Jefferson Anderson, who earned a doctorate in composition from the UI School of Music, became one of the leading composers of his generation, and is now an emeritus professor at Tufts University. When he received an honorary degree from Northwestern University a decade ago the citation read, “If music is the universal language, you are a celestial linguist. With artistry, craft, and...

Social worker Lori Roetlin noticed that many patients were injured by gel fuel candles. What she did next may have saved lives.