Santos and Sophia are soldiers that will never see combat because they exist solely as simulations in the University of Iowa’s Virtual Soldier Research Program. Thanks to a new $2.6 million grant from the Office of Naval Research, they’re equipped to model more behaviors to prevent injuries for real-life Marines.

The New York Times profiles a program, the Big Ten New Play Initiative, started by UI Theatre Arts Chair Alan MacVey.

Brad A. Amendt, associate dean for research at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, is known internationally as one of the world's leading authorities on micro-RNA research and cell plasticity.

Research led by the UI has found another reason why people may dehumanize society’s outcasts: emotional exhaustion.

Harrison Freund, a sophomore computer engineering student at the University of Iowa, wanted to build a community for LGBTQ students interested in STEM fields. He is preparing to apply for official student organization status and accreditation with oSTEM, a national LGBTQ STEM organization.

The University of Iowa has established an early entrance academy for high-ability 10th-graders, making it among the first of such academies at a public research university in the nation.

Twelve UI students were awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant in the 2015–16 academic year. This is the highest number of placements the UI has ever secured in a single calendar year, resulting in a tied ranking for 27th on a list of peer institutions.

For 10 years, the Obermann Graduate Institute has helped nearly 200 UI graduate students from across disciplines think about how to weave engagement into their research and teaching. Taking It to the Streets, a symposium scheduled March 3-4, will commemorate the anniversary.

The UI Public Policy Center's four-part study shows something that's happening across the globe. Dentists are nearing retirement. The data showed Iowa dentists 55 and older nearly doubled from 23 percent to 42 percent between 1997 and 2013.

The Iowa Department of Public Health on Feb. 19 announced that an Iowa resident, who recently traveled to countries with ongoing Zika virus transmission, has tested positive for the virus. Iowans traveling to areas where there is ongoing Zika virus transmission should take care to protect themselves from mosquito bites.

Ethan Canin, F. Wendell Miller Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Iowa, discusses troubled math genius Milo Andret, the lead character of his latest novel, A Doubter's Almanac.

The Virtual Soldier Research Program at the University of Iowa has been awarded a $2.6 million grant from the Office of Naval Research to create a simulation program to predict and prevent musculoskeletal injuries in U.S. Marines—one of the leading medical problems impeding military readiness.