A study from the UI's Tippie College of Business suggests that instead of physical fitness tests that focus on sheer strength and endurance, employers would be better served by giving tests that measure flexibility, balance, coordination, and other forms of movement quality.

Parents with children in Iowa's public schools are are generally pleased with federal guidelines mandating healthier choices available in school cafeterias yet some are concerned about portions, freshness, and taste, according to a new survey from the Public Policy Center at the University of Iowa. The survey comes in the wake of changes to school-nutrition programs mandated by the federal...

UI College of Public Health Dean Sue Curry writes a blog post about health and well being in our society and the Ford Motor Company's new advertising campaign promoting routine auto inspections that asks the question: Who's healthier, you or your car?

Solon High School student Kaitlin Hatcher recently completed a lab internship in the UI’s biology department under the mentorship of Maurine Neiman, assistant biology professor, whom Hatcher credits with making it a successful learning experience.

Thirty-one of the country's and the world’s brightest high school students performed six weeks of hands-on scientific research as part of the University of Iowa's Secondary Student Training Program (SSTP). Students will present their findings in a poster session from 10 a.m. to noon this Friday, July 26.

Kembrew McLeod, UI associate professor of communication studies, says that people have always written on walls, and that graffiti, in its most basic form, can be traced to ancient times in a story on the art of expressive vandalism.

A new University of Iowa study suggests that job candidate tests measuring flexibility, balance, and coordination are just as effective as those measuring brute strength, with less chance of gender discrimination.

A new, three-year research project at the University of Iowa is focused on helping pilots react and recover when the auto-pilot system in the plane malfunctions.

Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who's making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.

UI faculty members Claire Fox and Omar Valerio-Jiménez led the 2013 Obermann Summer Seminar, gathering 14 distinguished scholars in Latino/a Studies to the University of Iowa, who helped create the anthology and web platform, The Latino Midwest Reader.

Three companies with ties to the University of Iowa have obtained funding from the state to expand their businesses, create jobs, and further develop their products. The companies, Memcine Pharmaceuticals, Inc., NanoMedtrix, LLC, and Iowa Approach, LLC were awarded direct financial assistance from the Iowa Economic Development Authority.