For visiting professor Stephanie Miracle, the time at Iowa is an opportunity to deepen her choreographic research and refine her teaching philosophy, which translates to spending a lot of time with the undergrads. Her contemporary technique classes often oppose typical dance studio etiquette—dancing with a group but acting as if you're a soloist, for example—and encourage students to question...

Edward Wasserman, professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, writes a commentary about people's behaviors during the novel corona virus pandemic. Joined by another author in the piece for NBCNews.com, Wasserman says the human brain toggles between short-term, impulsive behaviors, and long-term perspectives.

Alfred L. Martin Jr., assistant professor of media studies at the University of Iowa, says blackness is often cast by the mainstream as “extraordinarily culturally specific,” so then the shows that resonate for the black demographic writ large are defined as “niche” and therefore not as palatable for wide-ranging audiences.

LIsa Roth, a researcher in the College of Public Health, encourages parents to stay focused on their children playing outdoors during the distractions of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jennifer Blackhurst, professor of business analytics in the Tippie College of Business, says COVID-19 may speed the tightening of supply chains out of China that American businesses were thinking of even before the pandemic.

University of Iowa Playwrights Workshop graduate David Adjmi's new memoir “Lot Six” traces the Syrian-Jewish enclave that spawned him, the instructor who unnerved him, and the biting comedy that made his name.

Patricia Winokur, executive dean of the Carver College of Medicine, says researchers have sequenced both the human genome and the COVID-19 genome, which will help scientists tell if the vaccines they develop to fight the virus are safe.

Jorge Salinas, hospital epidemiologist for University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics and an assistant professor off internal medicine at Carver College of Medicine, helps make sense of all the statistics that are used to explain the spread of COVID-19.

Dr. Michael Edmond, clinical professor of internal medicine-infectious diseases at the Carver College of Medicine, says that one advantage that face shields have over face masks in protecting against the spread of COVID-19 is that they aren’t as hot as a mask, and they don't cause eye glasses to fog up.

A researcher from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry was part of a research team that found vaping significantly increases the likelihood of cavities and other oral health problems caused by excess bacteria in the smoker's mouth.