The UI School of Social Work prepares students to work in many different practice settings.

Allyn Mark is recognized internationally for his research in brain control of the cardiovascular system and blood pressure, but his greatest passion is as a mentor to trainees and young faculty. Mark will be honored for his exceptional mentoring skills with the 2013 UI Carver College of Medicine’s Distinguished Mentor Award.

The Institute of Medicine as a Profession released its new study Oct. 11 on conflict of interest (COI) policies that shows the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine has one of the five strongest COI policies in the nation.

Administrators from a top Russian university have been visiting the University of Iowa this week to learn about best practices at an American major research university.

Leaders of Kirkwood Community College and the University of Iowa are ready to break ground on a new education center aimed at preparing students for careers in STEM fields.

A University of Iowa program that teams students with community leaders to improve the social, environmental, and economic conditions in small cities is working with Washington in southeast Iowa.

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.