Iowa Flood Center engineers will install stream-stage gauges along two flood-prone waterways in Davenport. The installation takes place on Thurs. Sept. 17. Media are invited.

Researchers in the University of Iowa Pappajohn Biomedical Institute have received a five-year, $11 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to continue advancing gene therapy to treat and prevent cystic fibrosis, a life-shortening, lethal lung disease.

Finding the best literacy resources for children in Iowa has just gotten a lot easier thanks to the Iowa Reading Research Center. The center, which recently found a new home at the University of Iowa, offers creative and fun ideas such as playing Sight Word Hopscotch or Beat the Clock.

Colton's parents noticed something cloudy in their toddler's eye in 2009 and thought it was related to their new puppy. Their doctor recognized the symptoms and referred the family to UI Children's Hospital, where it was determined Colton had retinoblastoma, a rare cancer of the retina.

Neuroendocrine tumors are slow-growing cancers that occur primarily in adults but could also occur in children. They develop where the nervous and endocrine systems interact and are most commonly found in the small intestine, lungs, and pancreas.

The following are highlights from the Iowa Board of Regents meeting, Wednesday, Sept 9, at the University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls.

It’s another record-setting year at the University of Iowa. This fall the UI welcomed its largest, most academically accomplished and diverse undergraduate class in the university’s history.

A new University of Iowa study shows that a biological checkpoint known as the Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier (MPC) is critical for controlling glucose production in the liver and could potentially be a new target for drugs to treat diabetes.

Early on in her pregnancy, Abi’s mother, Julie, wasn’t feeling well and was diagnosed with preeclampsia, a pregnancy complication that causes high blood pressure and protein in the urine, which can be life-threatening to both mother and baby.

Nadia Doubiany was the only UI student to participate in a 2015 summer study program in Cuba, and she says the experience is already paying dividends. Students can learn about the wide range of study abroad opportunities available at the UI Study Abroad Fair on Sept. 15.

With music performed by the Claudettes, Lucky Plush Productions' "The Queue" transforms the dull and passive act of waiting in a line at the airport into a creative show worth waiting in line for.

The Claudettes (pianist Johnny Iguana and drummer Michael Caskey) will perform music from "No Hotel," the duo’s latest album, at the Mill.