The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will produce a new adaptation of Molière’s "The Imaginary Invalid" that will include new music and choreography from members of the artistic team. The production will open at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, in the David Thayer Theatre of the UI Theatre Building.

Building urban wetlands could help to reduce nitrogen and phosphorous run off, UI geoscientist Arthur Bettis says: “It’s one prong of a multi-pronged approach to reducing the large nutrient load being exported from the upper Midwest.”

How should the Cold War be memorialized? This question forms the backbone of the Obermann Interdisciplinary Research Grant project of Sarah Kanouse in UI art and art history and Shiloh Kruper in geography at Georgetown University.

Making fat cells immortal might seem like a bad idea to most people, but for a team of University of Iowa scientists it was the ideal way to study how the interaction between bacteria and fat cells might contribute to diabetes.

First-year students in the Tippie College of Business learned the basics of business dining at an etiquette dinner Oct. 17 at the University of Iowa. Not only does this make students better dining partners, but more important, it could give them a competitive edge in the business world when they are trying to land a future internship or job.

Giving to the university means giving back to the community and the state, building the kind of place people want to live and work.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free jazz recital by the UI Latin Jazz Ensemble at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus. The recital will feature music from composers Rafael Dos Santos (Brazilian pianist/educator and former UI jazz graduate student), Victor Mendoza, Ray Vega, and others.

Starting this fall, UI Sports Medicine researchers, in collaboration with several regional flag and tackle football leagues, will conduct a study to document and compare rates of all injuries, including concussions, among youth players.

University of Iowa research shows that companies owned by funds with "higher stock selection skills" are more likely to become acquirers, and are more likely to deliver positive post-merger performance.

The Affordable Care Act declares that most Americans will face a penalty if they’re uninsured, starting in 2014, but experts predict it will be difficult to enforce: “They might send you a sternly worded letter,” said UI law professor Andy Grewal who specializes in tax issues.

Craig Just, a University of Iowa assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, aims to infuse international perspectives into his teaching, but he knows that hearing about the world is no substitute for seeing it firsthand.

UI Vice President for Research and Economic Development Dan Reed has been visiting across the state, meeting business, government, and community leaders and carrying a simple message to Iowa communities: the UI is committed to new, more active partnerships with the citizens of Iowa.