If upcoming tests verify the efficacy of a staph vaccine developed by UI microbiologist Patrick Schlievert's research team, that would be a remarkable scientific achievement for the University of Iowa, and it would be an immense contribution to world health.

During his time as an Obermann Fellow-in-Residence, UI sociology associate professor Michael Sauder is examining one of the most influential measures in the world of education—the U.S. News & World Report college rankings.

The University of Iowa is the first state supported school to pass a significant milestone in student retention: a little more than 51 percent of UI students who graduated last year completed their studies in four years.

Archaeologists from the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist partnered with a diverse team of Iowa and national educators and scholars to develop an archaeology curriculum, Investigating a Midwestern Wickiup, available free online through Project Archaeology beginning Jan. 31.

A new University of Iowa maps website—maps.uiowa.edu—promises to make finding your way around campus a lot easier.

The University of Iowa introduces a more flexible and functional home page, one of the biggest evolutions since the university opened its first online front door nearly 20 years ago.

This week, the University of Iowa launches a new home page that's a far cry from its first, and from many of the pages that have come in between. Take a look back at home pages from the past 20 years.

UI director of planning and construction Rod Lehnertz writes that he is honored to be named Press-Citizen Person of the Year for 2013, but notes that he is far from alone in working through this transformational period.

UI librarian Colleen Theisen started a Special Collections and Archives blog on Tumblr, with frequent posts showing off books, photos, and items from the collection, to help make the collection more accessible to the public.

Thad Wilson, a family nurse practitioner who has served as a faculty member at the University of Missouri-Kansas City since 1995, has been named executive associate dean in the University of Iowa College of Nursing.

The new UI Libraries exhibition “Food in the World of ‘Downton Abbey’ ” highlights the richness of the Szathmary Culinary Collection and the richness of the historical research that informs every scene of the popular show.

The public and media are invited to join the Iowa National Guard as it celebrates its 175th birthday Tuesday, Jan. 7, at the Old Capitol Museum on the University of Iowa campus.