The UI will now have a better glimpse of the galaxies, thanks to a group of students who built and commissioned a state-of-the-art telescope in Arizona.

For the 11th straight year, the University of Iowa has been designated a “Best Buy” in the Fiske Guide to Colleges.

Maryland's state Poet Laureate has been awarded the largest annual cash prize in English-language literary criticism by the UI for his most recent book.

Yockey joined the faculty in 2010 and was voted Professor of the Year by the law school student body for 2011-12.

Students from underrepresented groups from all across Iowa spent a week living at the University of Iowa and learning about college life in the Tippie College of Business' Gateway Proram.

More Iowa businesses are hiring more employees, making it easier for UI's Class of 2015 to find jobs in the state.

McMullen shares stories from his service in Burma, South Africa, Fiji, South Africa, and Eritrea. He also talks about the importance of keeping engaged with the world, something he hopes to impart on the University of Iowa students he teaches.

The University of Iowa ranks among the 25 public universities whose graduates have the lowest default rate on student loans, according to the online college ranking company BestColleges.com.

Hover cars soon will fly at M.C. Ginsberg Objects of Art, where middle-school students began taking a class on 3D design this past week. The class is one of several offerings for students in grades 6-8 through the University of Iowa College of Education Belin-Blank Center's one-week Junior Scholars Institute.

The University of Iowa was recognized by BestColleges.com as one of the top 25 public universities nationally for having one of the lowest student loan default rates. The UI was ranked as the 12th best public university with the lowest student default rate out of more than 700 public universities.

Tyler Babcock, who just finished his junior year at Charles City High School, will start his freshman year at the University of Iowa this fall, thanks to the UI College of Education Belin-Blank Center’s new STEM Academy for high-ability students. He plans to major in mechanical engineering.

A new partnership with the University of Iowa College of Public Health will allow students at Coe College in Cedar Rapids to earn their Bachelor of Arts and Master of Public Health (MPH) degrees in five years.