University of Iowa sociologist Mary Noonan's research found that long-term breastfeeding entails an economic cost to women, in the form of decreased earnings.

Three faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have been appointed as named professors and fellows.

MusicIC 2012, Iowa City’s summer classical music festival, returns for a second year with a week-long series of concerts and other events June 10-16. This year’s festival includes more musicians, a concert and scavenger hunt for families, and an ambitious attempt to theatricalize one of the concerts.

The University of Iowa Center for New Music will host the Third Annual Composition Festival, an event of the Exchange of Midwestern Collegiate Composers (EMCC), with four free public concerts Friday, April 13, and Saturday, April 14.

UI political scientist Tim Hagle assesses the impact of the "Obama factor," on politicians running for public office in 2012.

UI religious studies professor Ahmed Souaiaia writes about Obama's attempts to communicate directly with the Iranian people.

Actress Tanna Frederick, a University of Iowa theater alumna, hopes to revitalize the Iowa film industry. The first project recently held auditions at the UI.

Actuaries are expected to be in demand in coming years. But what do actuaries do? Beyond something that involves math and insurance, explanations always seem mysterious and bizarre, something that only other practitioners of actuarial science can really understand.

Social workers are invited to share hopes, dreams, fears, concerns, and experiences in first annual National Poetry Contest.

Five faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have been honored for their excellence in teaching and scholarship or creative work.

The life and legacy of Bill Sacker will be celebrated on what would have been his 99th birthday Friday, April 13.

David Perlmutter, director of the UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication, writes that service is a good deed that gets punished for many junior faculty.