The University of Iowa College of Law and Morningside College of Sioux City have entered into an agreement that will allow undergraduate students at Morningside to earn both their bachelor’s and law degrees in six years.

Gifts and grants is a roundup of research grants obtained by University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students that spans the spectrum of disciplines—from science and social science to the art and humanities—that will be published in Iowa Now on a regular basis.

A group of University of Iowa students is helping to determine the best development options for a piece of land in Mt. Pleasant located near the intersection of two heavily-trafficked highways.

UI's Obermann Fellow-in-Residence Juan Pablo Hourcade, a UI associate professor in computer science and a computer science alumnus from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, discusses his forthcoming book, Designing Technologies for Children.

The Nonfiction Writing Program, through a class called "The Art and Craft of Literary Immersion," placed students in local spaces such as the MacBride Raptor Project, Amana Colonies, and the Iowa City Senior Center to inhabit, observe, and write about them. The students will read from their work on May 3 and May 8.

Deb Linebarger, UI associate professor of education, joins in a discussion on the role of homework for K-12 students.

The UI is addressing the cultural divide impeding growth in the number of minorities with doctorate degrees in STEM fields, establishing a new University Center of Exemplary Mentoring with a $1.2 million grant from the New York City-based Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

The University of Iowa’s Hancher and Department of Religious Studies are collaborating to present Niyaz featuring Azam Ali on Thursday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. at Old Brick. The concert is free and open to the public.

The University of Iowa’s Graduate College has awarded 35 doctoral students with Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Year Fellowships for 2014.

Thanks to a University of Iowa online degree program, Mason City resident and busy mom Sheila Allison will graduate this May with a Bachelor of Applied Science, a condition for getting the position of Medical Records System Administrator at Mercy Cancer Center in Mason City.

Iowa City fifth graders are getting a view of the Earth they’ve likely never seen before thanks to a collaborative hands-on learning project with University of Iowa College of Education students and the School of the Wild.

University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and alumni received some of the institution’s highest honors Thursday. April 24, at the 97th annual Finkbine Dinner for Representative Student Leaders.