A new study from Tippie College of Business Professor Chad Van Iddekinge finds that rehiring former employees has many benefits, but the firm's goals determine whether it's wise to catch a boomerang employee.

A study from Stephen Courtright, professor of management and entrepreneurship in the Tippie College of Business, finds that employers need to stop giving dysfunctional managers a pass when they abuse their employees for the long-term health of the firm.

An $8 million grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust will help the College of Nursing start SIM-IA, a simulation program that provide ongoing education and training for first responders and providers in medical situations and techniques that they don't often see in sparsely-populated ares.

Alexi Bolden, a senior at the University of Iowa majoring in theater and African American Studies, was one of four recipients of a new training scholarship for diverse, emerging talent given through a partnership between Second City and Saturday Night Live. The scholarships will cover all of their performance and writing training at Second City and give them access to SNL talent executives.

This report, “When Titans Clash,” features the emerging tech conflict between China and the United States. It includes clips of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Mike Pompeo, and others and features interviews and campus shots of the University of Iowa. The theme of the Iowa segment is how Chinese students are caught between clashing titans—perhaps much like little Singapore its self.

A small, new-generation satellite designed and built at the University of Iowa has re-entered Earth's atmosphere, after a successful mission to search for matter believed to be missing since the birth of the universe. The mini satellite, called HaloSat, was designed and built by a team led by Philip Kaaret, professor and chair in Department of Physics and Astronomy. HaloSat was the first...

Scott Baalrud, associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, offers insights into plans submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy to develop fusion energy, a virtually limitless, carbon-free energy source that has been elusive to create. Baalrud co-chaired a committee of physicists that outlined a 10-year vision for fusion energy and plasma physics research. The committee’s...

Marvin Bell—the first Poet Laureate of Iowa, a National Book Award Finalist, and professor of literature—died peacefully at his home in Iowa City, Iowa, on December 14, 2020. He was 83.

A team of scientists has detected sudden bursts of cosmic rays around the Voyagers. The bursts, they report, are caused by shock waves emanating from solar eruptions that spew particles out at a million miles an hour. The shock waves take more than a year to reach the Voyagers, but when they do, they excite cosmic-ray electrons nearby. Scientists have observed similar phenomena closer to home...

A professor at University of Iowa is doing something a little different this Thanksgiving: She and three of her children will prepare and deliver home-cooked meals to students stuck at school because of the pandemic.