Miao Li, a human toxicology Ph.D. candidate, was a recipient of the Supplemental Training for Education Program (STEP).

As the availability of and demand for genetic testing continues to rise, more genetic counselors are needed to assist patients in interpreting their test results. The Iowa Institute of Human Genetics Summer Internship Program, now in its third year, allows interns to explore various career opportunities in genetic counseling.

Telescopes for peeking at showers of light sparked by high-energy gamma rays have been a focus for Iowa City home-schooled student Liza Casella. For the past month, she has conducted research with UI astronomy and physics professor Philip Kaaret as part of the UI Belin-Blank Center's Secondary Student Training Program.

The University of Iowa is recognizing the undergraduate students named to the Dean's List for the 2015 spring semester.

The University of Iowa is recognizing the students named to the President's List for the 2015 spring semester.

The University of Iowa awarded about 5,100 degrees at the close of the 2015 spring session.

Professor Maya Steinitz of the Iowa College of Law has been granted tenure and promoted to full professor.

The University of Iowa was one of the first schools to send students to study in Cuba. The UI has been able to send faculty and students to Cuba for the past 15 years or so, says Liz Wildenberg De Hernandez, an associate director of UI Study Abroad.

It’s not every day that a town like Solon has thousands of bike riders passing slowly through their town, checking out the ambience and its quant charm, but that’s what will happen on Friday, when Solon is a pass-through town for this year’s RAGBRAI bicycle ride.

Music teachers jammed to the sound of Tubano drums Thursday at the Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City. About 60 K-12 music teachers and others gathered for World Music Drumming workshops on the University of Iowa campus, hosted by the UI College of Education and West Music.

Join the College of Law as it celebrates this sesquicentennial, and follow the landmark events that transformed the department into one of the most respected law schools in the country.

University of Iowa civil and environmental engineering professor Jerry Schnoor talks with WGBH about the water crisis, pollution, and how to make sure there's enough water for future generations.