On Saturday, Dec. 28, the Iowa women’s basketball team will host UI Faculty and Staff Day when the Hawkeyes host North Dakota at 2 p.m. inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. UI faculty and staff members will receive free admission to the game

A gene-therapy company created in part from research at the University of Iowa has obtained a $50 million capital commitment to move forward with its gene-therapy research. Spark Therapeutics, LLC was created in part from research by UI internal medicine professor Beverly Davidson.

The University of Michigan honored University of Iowa law professor and President Emeritus Willard “Sandy” Boyd with an honorary doctorate of laws during the school’s winter commencement ceremonies on Sunday, Dec. 15.

The odds for extremely premature infants, as early as 22 weeks gestation, are improving every day—especially at top-level facilities such as the UI Children’s Hospital.

The National Institutes of Health chose the University of Iowa, along with 24 other regional stroke centers, to participate in a national research network that aims to improve care for people affected by stroke in Iowa and across the country.

The Register's editorial board bestows a "rose" to the memory of James Van Allen, whose spirit lives on at the University of Iowa, as evidenced by the recent success in communicating directly with the Juno spacecraft as it recently swung past earth.

If your baby is being messy it might be a sign of faster learning. Researchers at the University of Iowa released a study showing kids who play with their nonsolid food in a highchair learn words for those foods faster.

The University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA) set an all-time museum record for attendance at events, programs, and exhibitions during the 2012-13 academic year. The UIMA drew 146,470 people, just surpassing the previous record of 146,466 for 2011-12.

Robert Ketterer, professor and interim chair of the Department of Classics in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been awarded the 2013 Outreach Prize by the American Philological Association.

The Iowa Review has received a prestigious grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support and expand its annual writing contest for U.S. military veterans.

Volker Thomas, associate professor and director of the Couple and Family Therapy Program in the University of Iowa College of Education, shares how he first became interested in the field and what drew him to the United States from his native Germany to eventually help lead the program, currently the only one of its kind in the state of Iowa.

Volker Thomas, professor and chair of the Couple and Family Therapy Program in the UI College of Education, offers advice on ways to reduce stress and inspire more joy and relaxation during one of the busiest times of the year.