David Hensley, the director of the University of Iowa's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, said the belief that "you can do it better" pushes serial entrepreneurs to keep on trying.

Almost 60 teachers from across the state of Iowa are participating in teacher feedback sessions this June, part of an on-going process to polish the University of Iowa College of Education's Iowa Testing Programs assessments, which are taken by 400,000 students in Iowa and upwards of 5 million nationwide.

For those who were not able to attend or watch the livestream of the June 18 kickoff of Deloitte Consulting's Phase 2 of the Iowa Board of Regents' Rising to the Next TIER (a Transparent, Inclusive Efficiency Review) program, you can view a recorded version on the UI's TIER website.

Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

The Johnson County Sexual Assault Response Team (JCSART) Fund—which was established last fall by local health-care providers and other generous donors with gifts made through the University of Iowa Foundation—helps support the JCSART, one of many resources that can help lessen trauma for sexual assault victims and survivors.

The University of Iowa announces a series of media availabilities with UI President Sally Mason, with the first availability Thursday, July 10, from 10 to 10:30 a.m. at 101 Jessup Hall on the UI campus. Journalists are welcome to attend and should RSVP to UI spokesperson Tom Moore.

UI law professor Jason Rantanen explains that it was an Iowa law alumnus who came up with the legal strategy of canceling the Federal Trademark for the NFL's Washington Redskins.

A new UI study reports a potential link between stress hormones and short-term memory loss in older adults. The study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, reveals that having high levels of cortisol—a natural hormone in our body whose levels surge when we are stressed—can lead to memory lapses as we age.

The University of Iowa's Office of Sustainability will host a “Solar Works for Iowa” event Friday, June 20, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the UI’s solar electric vehicle charging station, located outside the Madison Street Services Building, 640 S. Madison St, Iowa City.

A study by University of Iowa researchers confirms that pathological gambling runs in families and shows that first-degree relatives of pathological gamblers are eight times more likely to develop this problem in their lifetime than relatives of people without pathological gambling.

You might assume it was the night sky draped over his family’s farm that inspired the great UI astrophysicist Don Gurnett, but in fact it was his dad—a farmer who never went to high school—who sparked in his only child a curiosity for how things work.

The University Archives’ online campus maps collection in the Iowa Digital Library reveals perspectives that shed light on campus features that have endured or are long gone.