As Iowa surges toward the presidential caucuses, University of Iowa professors M. Zubair Shafiq, Padmini Srinivasan, and G.R. Boynton have launched a political news aggregator, leftrightpolitics.com, to track public sentiment during the election season.

Emily Wentzell, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Iowa, says that people report feelings of anger when they feel threatened, and current social, economic and political issues are causing many people to believe their way of life is endangered.

University of Iowa political science professor Tim Hagle offers analysis of how Hillary Clinton's TV ads are an attempt to distinguish herself from the other Democratic candidate, Bernie Sanders.

Two UI students win $1,500 scholarships to study abroad after embarking on a cinematic world tour. The Bijou Horizons series at FilmScene continues this spring, offering another UI student a similar international opportunity.

Why do animals engage in sexual reproduction? UI biologists sought answers with mud snails that breed both sexually and asexually. They found that asexual snails grow faster and reach reproductive age quicker than sexual snails, which raises new questions about sex's role in reproduction.

T. Geronimo Johnson, a visiting professor at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, is the winner of the prestigious 2015 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence for his new book, Welcome to Braggsville.

A recent poll of likely Iowa caucusgoers by the University of Iowa confirms the two political parties are dominated by ideological voters with unfavorable views of the other party. The poll also shows Iowans are politically active and are confident their votes will be counted correctly on caucus night.

Knowing how many weeks a mother has carried her baby is important information when determining medical care for that child. Now, UI researchers have found they can estimate an infant's gestation age through a metabolic profile derived from routine newborn screenings.

Elections are great for democracies, but a study by a University of Iowa researcher shows they may not be so good for business.

The University of Iowa Office of the Provost announced Monday, Jan. 18, that Daniel L. Clay, dean of the University of Missouri College of Education, is the final candidate for the UI College of Education dean.

A University of Iowa research team will develop an innovative pig model to better understand a rare genetic disorder called neurofibromatosis (NF) thanks to a $931,395 grant from the Children’s Tumor Foundation (CTF).

During "Hawkus," participating elementary students will declare preferences for superheroes rather than presidential candidates.