A former University of Iowa professor with unexpected ties to the assassination of John F. Kennedy found refuge from history in Iowa.

In the movie "12 Years A Slave," a slave sues his captors who kidnap him into slavery. UI law professor Lea VanderVelde has studied hundreds of similar cases where slaves have sued their masters for their freedom, and will publish their stories in a new book this spring.

The Iowa City VA Health Care System and the University of Iowa have collaborated on a project to improve veterans' access to VA mental health care and awareness of UI resources available to veterans on campus.

University of Iowa scientists, students, ham radio buffs, and space enthusiasts teamed up Wednesday to give the equivalent of a slow-motion “hello” to NASA’s Juno spacecraft.

For several years University of Iowa faculty and students have helped advance the theory that eventually led to the discovery of the Higgs Boson, for which the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded this week.

Iowa will not be immune from a projected nationwide nursing shortage: “About 42 percent of nurses in Iowa are 50 years old or older,” said Rita Frantz, UI College of Nursing dean, “so there will be an exodus in the next 10 years or so” as the state’s nurses retire.

By harnessing Earth's gravity, NASA's Juno spacecraft will exceed the 165,000 mph needed to reach Jupiter: "This is called a slingshot maneuver or gravity assist; it uses Earth's orbital motion to accelerate the spacecraft toward Jupiter," said UI astrophysicist Bill Kurth.

A delegation of 10 central administrators from an elite Russian university is visiting the University of Iowa with a major goal. The distinguished group has been charged by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science to become a top-100 international research university by 2020.

UI graduate and undergraduate students in art, business, engineering, and library science are working under the direction of UI faculty on projects in the city of Washington, Iowa. The students are collaborating with community leaders at the Washington Public Library, the Washington Chamber of Commerce, and the City of Washington.

University of Iowa Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation marks its centennial with a celebration in Iowa City Oct. 10-13.

David Gould has been chosen as the first Obermann Public Scholar, a pilot program designed to enhance research on campus through partnerships that engage University of Iowa researchers with innovators outside the university.

A unique partnership centered on STEM education and careers and involving the University of Iowa, Kirkwood Community College, and the Grant Wood Area Educational Agency will begin to take shape at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, with a groundbreaking at the UI Research Park.