New University of Iowa research suggests that using heart size rather than body weight when matching heart donors and recipients would produce better outcomes.

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the University of Iowa have found that a heart's size—and not the donor's gender—can lead to better outcomes for the recipient in heart transplantations.

Members of the media are invited to cover a field trip with more than 100 middle school students from West Liberty, Iowa on the University of Iowa campus through the UI College of Education's Project HOPE (Healthcare, Occupations, Preparation, and Exploration) Friday, Jan. 10.

The UI also has a stalking awareness campaign planned for this spring, with the goal of better educating people on what stalking can look like and how to avoid becoming a victim.

The new University of Iowa home page, unveiled Tuesday, is meant to better share the university's story while connecting users with the information they want to know.

Michael Sauder, a UI associate professor in sociology and fellow-in-residence with the UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, spent the last semester analyzing the unintended consequences of rankings—especially those in the educational realm.

A lot of things we take for granted daily—from starting the car to turning on the faucet—were a little harder today: “Things just break when it’s cold..they’re under more stress, and it’s when you need them most,” says UI professor Wilf Nixon.

If upcoming tests verify the efficacy of a staph vaccine developed by UI microbiologist Patrick Schlievert's research team, that would be a remarkable scientific achievement for the University of Iowa, and it would be an immense contribution to world health.

Humboldt native and chair of the UI Department of Microbiology Patrick Schlievert heads the research team that has developed a vaccine for staphylococcus aureus bacteria: “This has the potential to prevent more than a million infections per year."

During his time as an Obermann Fellow-in-Residence, UI sociology associate professor Michael Sauder is examining one of the most influential measures in the world of education—the U.S. News & World Report college rankings.

University of Iowa researchers have developed a new vaccine to protect against Staphylococcus-caused pneumonia, and they hope it will be preventing illnesses and saving lives in as soon as two years.

Using a DriveCam event recorder in addition to a program to encourage positive communication when talking to teen drivers about safety is the focus of a study by the University of Iowa College of Public Health and Blank Children’s Hospital.