David Perlmutter, director of the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication, comments on presidential campaigns communicating via email.

Jack Scudder, a University of Iowa professor of physics and astronomy, has discovered how to find magnetic portals in space.

The University of Iowa is one of 50 institutions that has joined a study on using e-textbooks. UI researchers from Information Technology Services and the College of Education will focus on the use of online annotation tools.

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

The University of Iowa is teaming up with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Region 7 office and the City of Iowa City on a study of altering the Burlington Street dam. Changes to the dam would improve public safety, water quality, riverbank stability, fish habitat and create recreational opportunities.

University of Iowa law professor John Whiston comments on the benefits of providing court-appointed counsel to indigent defendants upfront.

The University of Iowa International Writing Program is bringing young writers from Arabic-speaking countries and Russia to campus for the Between the Lines program. The 16- to 19-year-old students will study creative writing during their two-week stay.

The National Young Farmers Coalition organized the first Midwestern Farm Hack recently at the University of Iowa. Farm Hack brings together farmers and engineers to create more efficient sustainable small farms.

University of Iowa assistant professor of finance Ty Leverty, who teaches classes about health insurance in the Tippie College of Business, comments on the federal health care reform law.

University of Iowa Health Care, in collaboration with Mercy Cedar Rapids, Mercy Health Network in Des Moines, and Genesis Health System in the Quad Cities, launched a first-of-its-kind alliance to improve health care across the state while decreasing patient costs.