An Iowa City newcomer hopes to serve as a “mom away from home” for University of Iowa students in need of some extra assistance this fall. Owned by former University of Iowa parent Leslie O’Hare, Your Campus Mom aims to help students with “executive functioning disorders.”

American Idol came to the University of Iowa campus as part of its small town bus tour. Fans and hopefuls alike, including UI students, lined the street waiting for their shot at stardom. See if any UI students made the final cut when the season starts in January 2013.

The University of Iowa Lecture Committee will kick off its fall semester lecture series on Wednesday, Aug. 22, with "Weekend Update" anchor Seth Meyers.

University of Iowa political science professor Tim Hagle comments on how Iowans feel about Mitt Romney in a story on the role Iowa has played in launching and now potentially sinking President Barack Obama.

The Get to Know series asks University of Iowa faculty and staff a few questions about their work and their outside interests. Meet Ilsa May, associate director of Engineering Professional Development.

Think you can sing like an angel and move like Jagger? Then stop by Hubbard Park on the University of Iowa campus Tuesday – one of 10 stops along the American Idol Small Town Audition Bus Tour.

The latest publications and presentations from the College of Dentistry.

The latest publications and presentations from the College of Public Health.

Chun-Fang Wu, professor of biology in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was elected as a prestigious academician of Academia Sinica, the most preeminent academic institution in Taiwan.

After this morning’s 8 a.m. blow, the University of Iowa's steam whistle will be out of commission for about 48 hours while routine maintenance is conducted on the steam line that gives it its distinctive voice.

More than two dozen Icelandic social scientists from Iceland, Canada, and the United States will converge on the University of Iowa campus Aug. 12-14, to debate, discuss, and dissect the Icelandic economic meltdown.

More than 30 students from around the world converged on the University of Iowa campus this summer for six weeks doing innovative research in a biology lab. Their experiences were part of the University of Iowa College of Education’s Belin-Blank Center's Secondary Student Training Program.