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.

Very-low-birth-weight babies who undergo major surgery appear to have an increased risk of death or subsequent neurodevelopmental impairment, according to a new study published June 16 in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.

University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who's making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.

UI English professor Blaine Greteman writes that the current humanities death knell is only the latest in a centuries-long hue and cry: "Anyone following the humanities death watch for the last 600 years would be struck both by its recurring characters and its disconnect from objective fact."

Alyssa Lou Olson, a UI student majoring in vocal performance, was crowned Miss Iowa on Saturday.

Thanks to a generous award from the Student Technology Fund, composition students in the University of Iowa School of Music have been able to lay the necessary foundation for the school’s laptop orchestra. The students have created hemisphere speakers for their performances, and the composers are finding themselves on the stage for more than just taking a bow post-performance.

Across the ages, maps have helped people and societies chart their course through history. Now, technology opens up exciting new territory. From Iowa Alumni Magazine, a look at how maps reflect and shape our lives.

UI law professor Andy Grewal analyzes why the U.S. Supreme Court may have decided not to hear a case from a lower court rejecting a tax maneuver.