A magnetic resonance imaging instrument weighing 42 tons—equal to six adult male elephants—arrives on Thursday, June 5, at the University of Iowa. The 7 Tesla magnet will advance UI research by yielding clearer, higher-resolution images of the human brain. The UI is one of only about 20 research institutes in the United States—and only about 40 worldwide—with the instrument. It also is the most...

During Apple's WWDC conference Monday, Senior Vice President of Software Craig Federighi named the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics as one of the hospitals it was working with to develop its new health app, which will be available in the company's next operating system iOS 8.

Thirty-six years after launch, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft reached interstellar space in 2013. Renowned space scientist Don Gurnett will offer firsthand perspective on Voyager’s incredible journey during a June 16 Hawkeye Lunch and Learn lecture.

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The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts has announced its 2014-15 Mainstage Season, a run that will feature one of the Western world's greatest comedies, a piece inspired by a work by Hans Christian Andersen, and a party incident gone wrong in the modern age of social networks and viral content.

“The Season is the Reason” to celebrate at the next University of Iowa Museum of Art First Friday on Friday, June 6, from 5 to 7 p.m. at FilmScene, on the downtown Iowa City Pedestrian Mall at 118 E. College St. First Friday is free and open to the public.

Starting today, an architect and engineering firm crew will begin inspecting the University of Iowa Old Capitol roof and cupola to check on the condition of finishes and repairs made in 2003.

Members of the media are invited to the 39th annual meeting of the American Regions Mathematics League, described as the "World Series of mathematics competitions," taking place simultaneously on the University of Iowa campus and three other locations around the country, Friday and Saturday. May 30 and 31.

The University of Iowa Celebrating Cultural Diversity Festival has a new website, which features a "Save the Date" message for this year's festival on Oct. 5 in Hubbard Park on the UI campus.

UI researchers have now discovered that the same part of the brain responsible for remembering names and landmarks, the left temporal lobe, also deals with music.

The increasing importance of data analysis in business decision making has boosted demand for employees with analytical skill sets, leading the UI to begin offering a big data focused undergraduate major called Business Analytics and Information Systems in 2013.

Muscatine native Cody Ash says he enjoyed the artistic challenge of Herky on Parade: "They require a lot of different aspects including painting, sewing, and working with cardboard...It’s a lot of problem solving trying to figure out how to make accessories to scale.”