In a technology-driven world, it turns out that digital isn’t everything. University of Iowa collections experts maintain that tangible artifacts leave a lasting impression on the human heart and mind.

With water levels remaining stable in the Coralville Lake and the Iowa River, the University of Iowa is beginning to plan the dismantling of HESCO barriers and other temporary floodwalls around campus.

UI President Sally Mason, who is also the Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors head, says she is excited by the possibilities of a collaboration between Big Ten and Ivy League institutions to continue close examination of the effects of head injuries in athletics.

The UI Tippie College of Business is becoming increasingly international, quite a change from several years ago. Although there are challenges, the benefits of a more global student body are many.

Retiring UI Recreational Services Director Harry Ostrander has operated through a campus shooting, fire, three floods, and a tornado, and he has overseen millions of dollars in facility investment, most notably the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center in 2010.

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.

Erika Lawrence, UI associate professor of psychology, says that listening can be more effective than giving advice based on a series of six studies conducted at the UI in 2009 as part of a story on the perils of spouses giving each other too much advice.

Collins Byrd, associate dean of admissions in the UI College of Law, participates in a panel discussion analyzing the impact of Monday's Supreme Court decision in Fisher v. University of Texas.

University of Iowa’s Hancher will honor the memory of workers who died in an accident during the construction of the original Hancher Auditorium and dedicate the site of its new building to the safety of its construction workers during a site ceremony from 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 29.

Joni Kinsey, a UI art historian, credits her Girl Scout experience with kindling her interest in Western art, in a story on how dissension and fiscal woes are besetting the Girl Scouts.

When Roy Devyn Marble attends the 2013 USA Basketball Men's World University Games Team Training Camp this week, the UI men's basketball player is out to show he belongs.

Social media gives job seekers a chance to highlight their personalities, according to Megan Watt, assistant director of the UI's Career Leadership Academy, in a story on using social media to land a new job.