Former Congressman Jim Leach comes home to the University of Iowa and joins the UI faculty to teach the next generation.

Pat Winokur of UI Health Care is testing a vaccine for a potentially deadly strain of influenza that killed dozens of people in China earlier this year, a strain so unfamiliar in humans that the vaccine may have to be combined with adjuvants, compounds that help boost immune system response.

In advance of the 2013-14 University of Iowa Theatre Mainstage season's opening production, "Water by the Spoonful," dramaturg Madison Colquette speaks with the playwright and the UI performance's director about the captivating stories found within this Pulitzer-winning work for the stage.

Not everyone is born with the best attributes for dance, but everyone should dance, according to George de la Pena. The benefits of encouraging simple movement as a form of physical health is part of the curriculum in the University of Iowa’s Department of Dance.

“Fifty Years of Gideon,” a conference at the UI College of Law, will look at how the right to legal assistance has evolved since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its landmark Gideon v. Wainwright decision that guaranteed the right to criminal defense counsel even to those who could not afford it.

The University of Iowa College of Engineering will hold the third annual Richard L. Valentine Distinguished Lecture from 3:30 to 4:20 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, in 40 Schaeffer Hall on the UI campus.

Martha Redbone's rich musical heritage and hunger for new ideas leads to a modern sound grounded in tradition. Her Club Hancher performances provide an intimate opportunity to experience her music. Martha Redbone's Club Hancher concerts are set for Thursday, Oct. 3, at 7 and 9:30 p.m. at The Mill.

So how did you spend your summer? Numerous students and faculty in the UI Division of Performing Arts dotted the globe with their summer activities. Students gained valuable experience performing and working in music, theatre, and dance, while faculty taught at workshops, performed at festivals, and conducted research.

Results from a survey administered by the UI College of Education's Iowa Testing Programs suggest that interest levels among Iowa students in science, technology, engineering, and math, collectively referred to as STEM, decline steadily between third grade and high school graduation.

As the wrecking ball swings at the old Hancher Auditorium and other flooded arts buildings, students, faculty, and staff look forward to reuniting on a newly-constructed arts campus.

Today the overwhelming majority of scientists in Iowa, the United States, and across the world agree that biological evolution explains the diversity of life on our planet.

Doctors learned Myles Peterman would be born with hydroencephalitis—a buildup of fluid inside the skull that puts pressure on the brain—and spina bifida, a birth defect in which the spinal column does not close completely while the baby is still in the womb. Now 13, he's had a variety of surgeries and comes to UI Children's Hospital a few times a year.