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.

The University of Iowa introduces a more flexible and functional home page, one of the biggest evolutions since the university opened its first online front door nearly 20 years ago.

Researchers at the University of Iowa believe it's now more clear than ever that avoiding obesity and alcoholism could prevent liver cancer.

Thad Wilson, a family nurse practitioner who has served as a faculty member at the University of Missouri-Kansas City since 1995, has been named executive associate dean in the University of Iowa College of Nursing.

Stanton Berberich, program manager at the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa, says the lack of consistent blood screen tracking systems across the nation hurt efforts to treat newborn illnesses.

As one of three UI law faculty members born and educated outside the United States, Maya Steinitz brings to her teaching a unique international perspective made richer by her innate inclination to idiosyncrasy.

Cheering the Iowa football team was a common refrain among the thousands who landed in Tampa for Outback Bowl festivities, but telling personal stories about the UI at events throughout the week strengthened the bond between fans and the university they support.

A story about Voyager 1 entering interstellar space quotes University of Iowa physics professor Don Gurnett, who says the distance the spacecraft has traveled over his lifetime is mind-boggling but "compared to the vast distances between stars and in the universe, it's just puny."

University of Iowa researcher Randall McEntaffer is one of 102 scientists and engineers named by President Barack Obama as recipients of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.