The University of Iowa awarded an estimated 4,300 degrees at the close of the 2012 spring session.

A University of Iowa sports medicine expert is hopeful that a collaboration between the Big Ten Conference and Ivy League will shed new light on a peril of athletics that is becoming increasingly more high profile.

Using a unique animal model of cystic fibrosis, a team of scientists from the University of Iowa has discovered a difference between healthy airways and airways affected by cystic fibrosis that leads to reduced bacterial killing in cystic fibrosis airways.

Brian Wolf, M.D., M.S., an associate professor in the University of Iowa Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation who cares for patients at UI Hospitals and Clinics, is the recipient of the 2013 American-British and Canadian Traveling Fellowship, considered one of the greatest honors in the field of orthopedic surgery.

University of Iowa researchers have found that eating unpeeled apples may keep extra pounds and obesity-related diseases at bay.

University of Iowa Health Alliance unites more than 50 hospitals and 160 clinics to share expertise, support services, and information technology.

Donna Hammond, professor of anesthesia and pharmacology, succeeds Paul Rothman and will serve until the appointment of a new permanent dean.

The National Institutes of Health is helping a University of Iowa team treat diseases affecting premature babies. A grant, the fourth renewal obtained by John Widness and colleagues, will test alternative approaches for delivering life-sustaining red blood cells.

Several University of Iowa faculty are available to provide the media with legal and health care analysis for the Supreme Court's ruling in the health care reform law case.

University of Iowa internal medicine researcher Christopher Adams describes appeal of apple compound.

This fall, UI students in participating courses will have a chance to try out electronic textbooks free of charge as part of a pilot project to examine the effectiveness of e-texts. Participation is limited; instructors should express interest by July 1.

A new UI study shows that a natural substance found in apple peel can partially protect mice from obesity and some of its harmful effects. The findings suggest that ursolic acid increases muscle and brown fat, two tissues recognized for calorie-burning properties.