University of Iowa College of Pharmacy alumni Todd and Jon Thompson recently made Iowa history by opening the first true tele-pharmacy in the state.

Long before she made a career of seeking out and scaling the world’s most unreachable places, about the only thing University of Iowa communications alumna Brittany Griffith was climbing was the Jefferson Street hill on the UI campus.

Enrollment in UI’s College of Engineering has skyrocketed in recent years, growing 66 percent in the past decade, with the majority of that growth occurring in the past five years. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

Scientists in Iowa who study climate change, including the UI's Jerry Schnoor, say that Iowa is being buffeted by the effects of climate change, including hotter temperatures, droughts, and floods, and other extreme weather that could affect agricultural and livestock practices.

UI College of Education professor Ernest Pascarella's and alumnae Tricia Seifert's research finds students' critical-thinking skills grow when they encounter diversity, and white students benefit the most from contact with people from diverse backgrounds and taking diversity courses.

Keith Mueller, health management and policy professor in the UI College of Public Health, talks about the state of rural health care in Iowa and how it will change under the federal Affordable Care Act on Iowa Public Radio's "River to River" program.

The number of international students at the University of Iowa hit an all-time high this fall, and the increase from last year was more than double the national rate. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

University of Iowa freshman Andy Topping makes "bracelets with a purpose." The pre-business major created an online business that makes bracelets out of parachute chord, both for style and survival.

Susan Assouline has been named the new director of the University of Iowa College of Education's Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development, effective Jan. 1, 2013.

The Macbride Nature Recreation Area is home to various environmental education programs, and the bird blind. "Iowa Now" spent a couple hours at the bird blind recently to see what happened by.

Iowa Now will publish on a lighter schedule the week of Thanksgiving, Monday, Nov. 19 through Friday, Nov. 23.

The University of Iowa takes very seriously any allegations of sexual harassment in the workplace and as a result, will implement a series of changes intended to positively impact student-athlete advising and compliance in the department of athletics moving forward.