“Healthiest State” is the theme for this year’s Faculty and Staff Health Fair. Visitors can get flu vaccinations, cholesterol testing, blood glucose checks, and more.

University of Iowa political science professor Timothy Hagle says that Obama was on the attack from the start during the third debate while Mitt Romney seemed more subdued. He agrees that Obama will be seen as the winner, but it wasn't a knockout.

Numerous musicians will join the Iowa Brass Quintet for a concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall. The performance is free and the public is welcome.

David B. Bills, a sociologist and associate dean at the University of Iowa College of Education, says the trend of universities and colleges having more professors who are 60 and older is driven by mandatory faculty retirement ages disappearing and the post-World War II baby boom.

Two University of Iowa professors mark Open Access Week with thoughts on the importance of immediate, online sharing of research, and publications.

A planned joint building between Kirkwood Community College and the University of Iowa will bring together educators from the university, community college, and kindergarten through 12th-grade levels, in a model that officials say is something completely different on the national scene.

A NASA spacecraft captured the clearest recording yet of what space sounds like inside Earth's radiation belts. Craig Kletzing, a University of Iowa physics and astronomy professor, explains what causes these eerie chirping noises, and what we can learn from them.

Ann Santos, a University of Iowa College of Education clinical assistant professor practicum coordinator, says children who are hungry or who lack nutritious food will most likely struggle to improve in the classroom until their basic needs are met.

Dan Diekema, M.D., director of the Division of Infectious Diseases with University of Iowa Health Care, comments on a new study showing that a simple education program for pediatricians can halve the number of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions.

University of Iowa computer science associate professor Doug Jones, author of the new book Broken Ballots, lifts the curtain on the dirty secrets of the polling booth.

Hancher will present Brian Stokes Mitchell, a Tony Award-winning actor and vocalist—and Glee guest star—on Friday, Nov. 2 at the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort Event Center.

The Gerdin family of Solon, Iowa, has made a $12 million gift commitment to the University of Iowa to support the new UI Children’s Hospital. The gift, from the Gerdin Family Foundation, is the largest to date for the Children's Hospital's $50 million building campaign.