A software-development company started by a group of University of Iowa students is thriving at the UI Research Park in Coralville.

A new study from the University of Iowa finds that startup companies typically see significant growth once they’ve offered a beefed-up employee-benefits package, unless they offer it too soon, when the costs are so overwhelming it slows growth and may even force the company out of business.

The University of Iowa Libraries’ Hardin Library for the Health Sciences has been awarded a five-year, $6.5 million grant to serve as a Regional Medical Library in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.

Associate Professor Liz Hollingworth and Professor Nicole Grosland will serve as the new chair and faculty athletics representative, respectively, of the Presidential Committee on Athletics, an advisory group that, among other things, ensures consistency between Big Ten, NCAA, university, and state policies.

UI anthropologist Russell Ciochon offers his expert opinion on the biological accuracy of the ape that resembles an overgrown orangutan in Disney's new movie, The Jungle Book.

Alliant Energy wants more drivers to consider buying electric vehicles in order to decrease greenhouse-gas emissions and is turning to business students at the University of Iowa and other Iowa universities for help.

Setting aside that parking spot right next to the office door for a company’s top performer might be one of the easiest things an employer can do to improve individual and team performance, according to a new study from the University of Iowa.

Weather and ground conditions permitting, UI Landscape Services crews will conduct a controlled burn on the south side of the State Hygienic Laboratory, UI Research Park Campus, on Sunday, April 3, beginning at approximately 1 p.m.

The Iowa Newborn Screening Program, which involves personnel from UI Hospitals and Clinics and the State Hygienic Laboratory, was selected for NewSTEPs 360, a national initiative to save the lives of babies by reducing the time from birth to identification of serious and often life-threatening conditions.

A data-driven method for helping farmers decide what seed varieties to plant has landed a University of Iowa team of analytics experts in the finals of an international agricultural-management competition.

University of Iowa researchers are traveling to Iceland to better understand sand dunes found all over the planet Mars. They hope the Iceland site will show how Martian sands have changed, which could yield more clues about Mars's geological history and the possibility of discovering microbial life entombed there.

"2016 Cancer in Iowa," a report released March 30, predicts an estimated 16,600 new cancers will be diagnosed this year among Iowa residents.