Former Hawkeye defensive coordinator Norm Parker, who retired after the 2011 Insight Bowl, has died. During Parker’s final three seasons, he fought diabetic complications that saw him lose part of his right leg to amputation at the beginning of the 2010 season.

For student-athletes at the University of Iowa, there is more to the story than athletic success, and that was never more evident than during the Jan. 4 women's basketball practice inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Krystal Robertson, 6, Kid Captain for the Outback Bowl, cheered on the football team from the University of Iowa Children's Hospital as she awaits a new heart.

Cheering the Iowa football team was a common refrain among the thousands who landed in Tampa for Outback Bowl festivities, but telling personal stories about the UI at events throughout the week strengthened the bond between fans and the university they support.

Brett Van Sloten will most likely get a chance to play in the NFL, fulfilling a childhood dream. But receiving his degree from the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa was the culmination of years of hard work and dedication in the classroom.

Krystal Robertson’s hospital room does not look like that of a typical 6-year-old. The walls are covered with One Direction and Iowa Hawkeye posters, her Xbox 360 always has a zombie game playing, and her door is filled with photos of Krystal with her family, friends, and medial team.

The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and the UI Athletic Department are bringing some much-needed assistance to the Iowa Food Bank Association with a special donation of $21,500 through the America Needs Farmers initiative, which began three years ago.

Each year the University of Iowa softball team gets together for a party, has a Secret Santa gift exchange, and celebrates the holiday season. But this year the party will be different. Rather than spending money on one another, the Hawkeyes decided to give back.

On Saturday, Dec. 28, the Iowa women’s basketball team will host UI Faculty and Staff Day when the Hawkeyes host North Dakota at 2 p.m. inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. UI faculty and staff members will receive free admission to the game

The UI football program ranks 16th among the 70 bowl-bound schools in graduation success rate—the percentage of students who graduate in six years or fewer—with a rate of 81 percent, highest among Big Ten Conference bowl qualifiers.

Construction season is in full swing at the University of Iowa this fall, at a pace and scale unprecedented in the school’s 166-year history.

The University of Iowa football team is receiving votes in both of the national polls. However, the Iowa Hawkeyes are firmly entrenched in the Top 25 that ranks teams that will be bowling later this month by their most recent NCAA Graduation Success Rate score.