Peter Thorne, UI professor and head of occupational and environmental health, will look at climate change from a public health angle in his Aug. 29 lecture, “Protecting Respiratory Health in a Changing Climate: David, Meet Goliath.”

Dr. Resmiye Oral, director of the Child Protection Program at the University of Iowa, offers advice for frustrated or tired parents to help them prevent shaken baby syndrome.

Hosin "David" Lee, UI professor of civil and environmental engineering, was recently a guest on Arirang TV in Korea, discussing the U.S.-Korea relationship in research and Korea's creative economy.

UI history professor Colin Gordon, author of Growing Apart: A Political History of American Inequality, says the decline in union membership has taken political power away from workers and ceded ground to groups with other interests.

Did you spend countless hours on the Pentacrest cramming for exams? Propose to your wife on the IMU footbridge? Catch sunsets from the steps of Old Cap? Iowa Now wants to know: what are your favorite campus spots, and why?

Claudia Beverly, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, director of the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing, has dedicated her career to ensuring that all older adults receive the highest quality health care. She will be visiting the Iowa City area, including the University of Iowa, as part of the Ida Cordelia Beam Visiting...

People visiting the University of Iowa booth in the Iowa State Fair's William C. Knapp Varied Industries Building love more than just the free football posters and the temporary Tigerhawk tattoos. Want proof? UI sophomore Sam Wampler asks a variety of fair-goers what they love about the UI.

Hillary Clinton is topping all polls in hypothetical 2016 match-ups against Republicans, but Vice President Joe Biden isn't faring as well. “If they don’t want Hillary then they may be looking for sort of the next generation politician,” UI professor Tim Hagle said.

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

Alice Schoonbroodt, a UI economics professor, says it makes sense that birthrates continue to be unusually low since many Americans remain uneasy with the slow recovery from the Great Recession in 2009.

UI mascot Herky visited Roosevelt Middle School in Cedar Rapids to watch students share what they had learned during a three-day camp offered through the UI College of Education's Iowa Center for Assistive Technology Education and Research.

Chef Robert Lewis, "The Happy Diabetic," will demonstrate healthy dishes for diabetics on Aug. 17 at the Iowa State Fair. The demonstration coincides with an effort at the University of Iowa to enroll participants in a national study to identify the most effective drugs to treat type-2 diabetes.