Ashley Howard, assistant professor of African American Studies, was interviewed by The Associated Press regarding the racial violence surrounding the trials of Kyle Rittenhouse and the men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery.

With help from the University of Iowa, the U.S. Army is adopting a new fitness test for the first time in 40 years, part of a larger health overhaul aimed at making soldiers stronger, less prone to injury, and better prepared for 21st century combat.

Publishers Weekly reviews the new novel by Lan Samantha Chang, director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, calling the book "thoroughly entertaining" and a "triumphant return" for Chang.

The newspaper in Dyersville, Iowa, featured Andrew Carton, a University of Iowa graduate from Earlville, who upon graduation was hired to work on a major NASA mission to study the interconnection between the solar wind and the Earth's magnetic fields.

Ted Abel, neuroscientist and director of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute at the UI, talks about the importance of sleep and the impact that sleep can have on consolidating memories.

For 40-plus years, the U.S. Army gauged the physical fitness of its soldiers on pushups, sit-ups and a 2-mile run test. But the Army wanted a better measure of "soldier physical readiness." And now it has it, thanks — in part — to the University of Iowa.

Despite countries reopening to tourists and international students, experts predict virtual study abroad and internship alternatives will remain post-COVID, says Russ Ganim, dean of International Programs.

In his new memoir, Chuy Renteria, public engagement coordinator at Hancher Auditorium, explores dance and growing up as Mexican American in West Liberty, Iowa.

The University of Iowa met its goal of 40 percent renewable energy by 2020, with help from tall grasses

New research from University of Iowa physicists into how auroras on Earth are created was turned into a video distributed worldwide by the media company, Seeker. The video includes animation from an illustrator in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa.