Decades ago, experts predicted we would all be working just 14 to 15 hours a week by now, and would have so much free time we wouldn’t even know what to do with ourselves. UI historian Benjamin Hunnicutt calls the shorter workweek the “forgotten American dream."

As the number of student veterans at the University of Iowa continues to grow, President Sally Mason said Tuesday the university is committed to expanding opportunities on campus for this diverse group.

The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights will host a special forum on the conflict in Syria titled "Intervention in Syria: Law, Ethics, and Policy" from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.11, in Conference Room 2520D of the University Capitol Centre.

UI engineering Professor Ching-Long Lin received a five-year, $3.2 million grant in August from the National Institutes of Health to conduct analysis using a 3-D lung model to predict lung disease in both an individual and a large population range.

A University of Iowa professor has received a $3.2 million National Institutes of Health grant to develop computerized models of the human lung that are easily seen by physicians and patients.

Vicki Grassian, director of the UI Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute and professor of chemistry, describes her award-winning work on the role of mineral dust in the atmosphere.

UI researchers at the National Advanced Driving Simulator are working with volunteer research subjects to better understand the difference in driving abilities of someone who is sober, someone who has had a few drinks, and someone who has had a few more drinks.

Fruit flies are as susceptible to loud noise as teenagers attending rock concerts, scientists have learned. The discovery that being blasted by sound has the same effect on the tiny insects as it does on humans could open up new avenues of research into hearing loss.

Keith Mueller, a professor who heads the UI Department of Health Management and Policy, thinks the new federal health care law can help get more people insured, but he warned it could take some time.

A lot has been made of the hot temperatures and taking precautions to prevent health problems, but UI physiology professor, Kevin Kregel, says you don’t have to be a prisoner of an air conditioned room—your body has the ability to adjust to the conditions.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a faculty recital by Uriel Tsachor at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus. The performance is free and open to the public.

Carson Thomas, 14, kicks off the fifth year of the Kid Captain program, a collaboration between UI Children's Hospital and the Iowa Hawkeyes.