Economics faculty member Solow says that per capita income is a key measure of economic health.

Josh Mandelbaum works at the Midwest's leading environmental legal advocacy and eco-business innovation organization, developing strategic advocacy campaigns to improve environmental quality and protect our natural heritage.

Nonfiction Writing Program faculty member John D'Agata's new book addresses the question: What are the limits of literary license?

UI astronomer Steven Spangler says solar storms can result in "funky readings" on GPS.

March is the Oreo centennial. "I'm not sure how many people would have predicted the Oreo cookie, something as simple as some cream between two chocolate wafers would be around 100 years later," says John Murry, UI associate professor of marketing.

Writers' Workshop alumnus Josh Rolnick, winner of the John Simmons Short Fiction Award from the UI Press, writes about the schvitz. The schvitz?

Political scientist Tim Hagle says Gingrich is holding on in the GOP nomination race, hoping for an unlikely comeback.

Psychiatry and family medicine faculty member Michelle Weckmann studied the frequency of delirium in advanced cancer patients, and found that it is common due to many factors.

Iowa Writers' Workshop faculty member Marilynne Robinson's new essay collection, When I was a Child I Read Books, is reviewed and recommended: "They're enlightening and a pleasure to read."

Enterprise zones have raised property owners' fears of eminent domain. UI's Colin Gordon says the fears are understandable, but do not flow directly from enterprise zones.