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.

Veterinary students from Iowa State University give away toy golden retrievers named Josh to comfort child patients at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

Charles Wright, a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, has been named the U.S. Poet Laureate.

UI law professor Jason Rantanen says it's unusual for patent infringement cases like the one now facing Facebook in a Virginia federal court to make it to trial.

Several UI faculty members participated in a faculty summit as part of the Downtown Project that's reviving downtown Las Vegas, headed by David Gould, public scholar in the UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies.

Teachers, parents, and service providers are among 30 participants who plan to attend the University of Iowa College of Education's Assistive Technology Summer Institute June 18 and 19 in Red Oak, Iowa. Hosted by the college's Iowa Center for Assistive Technology Education and Research, the institute provides hands-on learning opportunities to use assistive technology products in classroom...