Christopher Cooper, a pediatric urologist at the University of Iowa, began researching the issue of school children's bathroom access after noticing a high frequency of urinary tract infections and higher rates of voiding dysfunction among his young patients.

HPCwire writes about the University of Iowa retention efforts for employees working on campus advanced computing, an area of high market demand.

University of Iowa physicist Gregory Howes is quoted for his involvement in a study that describes the first direct measurement of how energy is transferred from the chaotic electromagnetic fields in space to the particles that make up the solar wind, leading to the heating of interplanetary space.

In the weeks after twins Charlie and Kolton Martin were born in December, a University of Iowa medical geneticist and her team went to extraordinary lengths as they raced to obtain the medication needed to save their lives.

Recent studies by Ning Li, management professor in the UI's Tippie College of Business, find that the the person in the office who is always working a little harder, the so-called “extra miler,” can provide extra leadership for a firm, but might also stifle employee creativity.

UI College of Public Health professor Sato Ashida has developed an easy to understand checklist for elderly people and their caregivers to complete that will help them survive a disaster, such as a tornado or flood, and help them get back on their feet afterward.

The University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) is is participating in a project that studies the impact that smoking marijuana has on people who are driving a car.

Two University of Iowa students are attending a week-long school to learn how to design, build, launch, and recover a rocket. The UI students are the only American students taking part in the prestigious program, which takes place Jan. 21-25 in Norway. It's funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation.

The University of Iowa has received a STARS silver rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System, is a program that measures and encourages sustainability in all aspects of higher education.

Iowa could soon be cranking out twice as many new psychiatrists as it did in 2017, if legislators follow Gov. Kim Reynolds’ plan to pay for more psychiatric training at the University of Iowa.