Six University of Iowa students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have been awarded the first-ever John and Elsie Mae Ferentz Undergraduate Fellowships for Research. These fellowships were made possible by a gift to the UI Foundation from Kirk and Mary Ferentz in honor of Kirk’s parents.

Andrea Cooper will bring her daughter's story to the University of Iowa campus when she shares "Kristin's Story: A Story of Acquaintance Rape and Depression" at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 10, in the Second Floor Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union.

The Huffington Post fashion blog site takes a look at the authentic personal style that University of Iowa college students display while strolling across campus, dispelling the myth that fashion can't exist in the midst of cornfields.

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

Teresa Mangum, director of the UI's Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, recruited scholars to "show and tell" their research at the inaugural Iowa Humanities Festival this Saturday at Salisbury House & Gardens in Des Moines. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

Nite Ride, the free shuttle service offered to women on and near the University of Iowa campus by the UI Department of Public Safety, has expanded its west-side route.

"Iowa Literaria," the electronic journal of the MFA in Spanish Creative Writing program at the University of Iowa, is online as of Tuesday, Feb. 26.

David Perlmutter, director of the UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication, shares how to avoid bad advice from colleagues as part of his "Career Confidential" advice column for The Chronicle.

Ahmi Dhuna, a 10th grader at Burlington High School, earned top prize for her research examining antibacterial benefits of the Neem tree at the 2013 Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS).

The class surveys a selection of the various types of law that govern the approximately 60 countries in the world where the majority or a sizable minority of the people are Muslims and looks at how those countries incorporate Islam into their law. Only a few use shari'a.

Todd Ingram, UI associate professor of nursing, says there are still stereotypes about male nurses, despite the fact that a recent U.S. Census Bureau report shows the proportion of males working as nurses is slowly climbing. (Note: A paid subscription is required.)

UI rhetoric instructor Matt Gilchrist says he enjoys helping students enhance their writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills in a TILE (Transform, Interact, Learn, and Engage) classroom, and he especially enjoyed the Iowa Narratives Project.