Gary C. Fethke, former dean of the Tippie College of Business and former interim president of the University of Iowa, writes a contrarian analysis on rising tuition.

More than 300 people gathered to honor the memory of longtime University of Iowa School of Music director Himie Voxman.

A visit to the University of Iowa's Virtual Soldier Research Program, where realistic computer simulations are testing military equipment, commercial vehicles, and more.

An interview with novelist, essayist, Iowa Writers' Workshop faculty member, and Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson.

UI photography alumnus Gary Freeburg documents the beauty of Alaska's Valley of 10,000 Smokes.

As Mitt Romney visits the state, UI associate professor of political science Tim Hagle comments on Iowa and other swing states in the 2012 presidential election.

Associate professor of marketing John Murry talks about how businesses market to mothers and those who love them on Mother's Day.

A statewide mass destruction drill took place on the University of Iowa campus. The drill simulated a chemical attack at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. UI Hospitals and Clinics conducts full-scale emergency exercises like this twice a year.

The University of Iowa Environmental Health Sciences Research Center, based in the College of Public Health, was awarded a five-year $7.9 million grant to help support research of rural health issues.

Greater Des Moines Partnership CEO Jay Byers, an alumnus of the UI Law School, is pursuing a five-year plan ranging from educating workers “cradle through career,” to keeping Iowans healthy, to developing more hiking and biking trails, to creating more jobs.