The Iowa Institute of Human Genetics is offering a new test that will ensure that patients who may require specific pain medications, or need blood-thinning drugs to prevent heart attack or stroke, will receive medicine that is safe and effective, based on the patient's own genetic make-up.

Iowa is well equipped to become the first state in the nation with a roadway certified for driverless cars, and UI researchers recently met with government and transportation officials to discuss the possibilities.

Gone are the days of one-meal-fits-all, cafeteria-style service. On the UI campus, made-to-order stations allow food-savvy millennials to build their own burgers, burritos, or omelets, not to mention salad bars, carving stations, soups, and breads.

University of Iowa Police have arrested one person in connection with multiple burglary reports in the Quadrangle Residence Hall earlier this year.

By tending to nearly half an acre on the west side of campus, the co-presidents of the UI Student Garden have learned to grow a variety of vegetable, herbs, and flowers. But they also have picked up valuable job skills, fine-tuned their career aspirations, 
and gained personal insight.

Baroque music scholars, performers, and aficionados will have their eyes on the UI Thursday, April 23, when the UI presents a free concert as part of a four-day conference and festival that is free and open to the public, sponsored by the Department of Classics and School of Music.

Retired developer and University of Iowa alumnus C. Allan Poots, who built more than 650 houses and multiplexes in the Iowa City area, says he got just what he needed from two engineering faculty members more than 50 years ago: a shot of confidence. Now he is paying them back.

The University of Iowa will host “It’s On Us" sexual violence education summit on Wednesday, April 22. The free event is open to all UI students, staff, faculty, as well as community members.

Roughly a year away from completion, Hancher has seen rapid progression over the past few months. Through these photos, take a tour of how the auditorium has progressed since December and get excited for the not-too-distant future.

The impact of a family friend's death from Huntington disease led McKenzie Wallace to later study the disease at the University of Iowa. Wallace jumped into research early in her undergraduate career, and has also branched off into maternal health.

The exterior of the new University of Iowa Children’s Hospital is nearly complete. Everyone is invited to make their mark by signing the final steel beams to be placed at the top of the building Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Krause Plaza at Kinnick Stadium.

Daymond John, founder of the FUBU urban apparel company and star of ABC-TV’s “Shark Tank” will give a lecture on the UI campus Thursday, April 23. Following the lecture, he’ll be part of a panel of venture capitalists who, in Shark Tank style, will hear pitches from four student entrepreneurs.