Kelley Donham, retired director of the UI Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, notes that improvements in injury prevention, farmer health education, and machinery design have reduced farming fatalities in the last 40 years, but recent reductions in federal funding could slow progress.

Marc Armstrong, professor in the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences and the chair of the Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature, has been appointed associate dean for Graduate and Online Education in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), effective Jan. 15, 2014.

The University of Iowa has been selected to participate in a national research network funded by the National Institutes of Health that aims to improve care for people affected by stroke in Iowa and across the U.S.

A study from the University of Iowa finds that sometimes leaders don't need to be transformational to lead a highly productive group. Instead, it might be better for a solid, stable manager to be seen as just one of the gang.

Insurance and agricultural officials in Iowa say extreme weather is having a more pronounced impact on their industries, which are critical parts of the state's economy; the size and scale of the challenges confronting them were outlined Tuesday at a UI panel on extreme weather.

This video details what took place when the Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft swung past Earth on Oct. 9, for a gravity assist, and amateur radio operators around the world sent a Morse Code saying “HI” to the spacecraft.

The University of Iowa Office of Sustainability and the Bicycle Advisory Committee are using a Winter Warrior Bike Challenge to encourage biking as a sustainable form of transportation, even when temperatures drop.

In a first-of-its-kind activity involving an interplanetary spacecraft, thousands of amateur (ham) radio operators around the world said “Hi” to NASA’s Juno spacecraft Oct. 9 as it swung past Earth on its way to Jupiter.

The University of Iowa football team is receiving votes in both of the national polls. However, the Iowa Hawkeyes are firmly entrenched in the Top 25 that ranks teams that will be bowling later this month by their most recent NCAA Graduation Success Rate score.

According to a new UI study, Netflix and Amazon have much to teach online dating sites; sites need to start ignoring what people put in their online profiles and use stealthy algorithmic logic to figure out ideal matches—matches that online daters may have never pursued on their own.

Members of the media are invited to cover two second-grade classes led by their University of Iowa College of Education alumnae teachers who will visit the UI to tour campus and participate in a culminating activity with students in the UI College of Education Wednesday Dec. 11 and Friday, Dec. 13.

UI officials have been working for years to enhance the educational experience for veterans—debuting veteran-specific classes, working with department heads to translate military training into course credits, and offering support groups and events for service members.