In this interview with NPR, Derek (DK) Nnuro talks about his debut novel, What Napoleon Could Not Do, a book that depicts how America is seen through the eyes of three characters with African ties. Nnuro is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, teaches writing at Iowa, and is curator of special projects at the Stanley Museum of Art.

For 50 years, the Iowa Cancer Registry, at the University of Iowa, has served the state of Iowa as the trusted source for high-quality cancer data. The registry’s efforts inform research and prompt prevention, screening, and treatment.

With demand for mental health services surging in Iowa and across the nation, especially among young adults, the University of Iowa is working to create a culture of well-being.

Driven by research and feedback from its students, the University of Iowa is poised to make significant upgrades to its housing system in the next five years that will, in turn, improve student success and retention.

University of Iowa biologists have definitively linked the brain's immune system to epilepsy, through a series of experiments with fruit flies, which share with humans an ancestral gene that, when mutated, leads to seizures. The findings could lead to more effective drugs to treat epilepsy.

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has again named the University of Iowa a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Students.

The University of Iowa has made the first hire under its new Transformational Faculty Hiring Program, aimed at attracting world-class faculty to strategic programs and areas of excellence.

After two years, Dance Marathon returned to an in-person event. The annual cancer benefit raised $1.1M toward pediatric cancer.

Can a pigeon match wits with artificial intelligence? University of Iowa researchers tested pigeons’ learning abilities and concluded the birds employ the same basic process, called associative learning, as the most advanced AI technologies.

When the days are short and the air is cold, finding the motivation and energy to get up and about can be difficult. Out-of-sync circadian rhythms can make even mundane activities challenging. “Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation,” Sinclair Lewis once wrote.

Two University of Iowa faculty members were named 2022 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general-scientific society and publisher of the journal, Science.

Witold Krajewski, director of the Iowa Flood Center, and Kristy Nabhan-Warren, associate vice president for research, will deliver Iowa’s 40th presidential Lecture at 4 p.m. March 2 in the International Ballroom on the second floor of the Iowa Memorial Union.