Daniel McGehee, who studies distracted driving and vehicle safety at the University of Iowa, says that emailing is the "trifecta of distraction," because it takes your eyes, hands, and attention off the road.

Samuel Becker, namesake of the UI's Samuel L. Becker Communication Studies Building, died today, Thursday, Nov. 8. He was 89.

The University of Iowa Student Government launched SafeRide, a program to provide a safe ride to students in need, at the beginning of this semester, with 31 rides provided since its launch.

UI political science professor Tim Hagle says he believes gay marriage is safe for the foreseeable future after Iowa voters decided to retain a state Supreme Court justice who participated in the landmark 2009 ruling that made Iowa the first Midwestern state to allow gay marriage.

University of Iowa political science professor Cary Covington says third-party victories in Maine and Vermont may have been idiosyncratic, having more to do with the personal popularity of the candidates.

The number of women seeking degrees in science and related fields at Iowa's three public universities is on the rise, Iowa Board of Regents data shows. UI Provost Barry Butler says that outreach programs to third, fourth, and fifth grade girls are now showing results.

A UI team was lauded for taking a unique approach in returning unanticipated genetic results in a story on a contest sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital that challenged researchers to interpret the genomes of families whose children have undiagnosed diseases.

The Tippie College of Business' Iowa Electronic Markets (IEM) operates like any futures market, only instead of forecasting the price of corn or beans or oil, it forecasts the outcomes of elections.

University of Iowa anthropologist Russell Ciochon says there is no Bigfoot in a story about how Spike TV is offering $10 million dollars for irrefutable proof of the beast's existence as part of a new reality show.

Two UI experts—David Moser and Andy Peterson—share what causes concussions and how student athletes have more exposure during practice in a story on how football caused one-third of such injuries at Iowa universities last year.