More than 4,300 University of Iowa students will receive their degrees at spring 2018 commencement ceremonies, which begin Thursday, May 10, with the College of Pharmacy and end on Friday, May 25, with the College of Dentistry. All other ceremonies will take place May 11–13.

University of Iowa researchers have uncovered a link between sleep apnea and multiple myeloma, a rare but aggressive blood cancer. Their findings could improve treatment of the disease.

An international team of scientists, including UI biophysicist Chris Ahern, used a lethal scorpion toxin to capture detailed, 3D pictures of a protein involved in pain. The toxin locks the pain protein into a “pose,” allowing researchers to see, for the first time, several unexpected interactions in how protein works.

The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine celebrated Match Day on Friday, March 15. A total of 136 students in the college participated in the match through the National Residency Matching Program, and 35 percent of those students will receive their training in Iowa.

Christopher Cooper, a pediatric urologist at the University of Iowa, began researching the issue of school children's bathroom access after noticing a high frequency of urinary tract infections and higher rates of voiding dysfunction among his young patients.

A new gallery of biomedical research images is on display on the ground floor of the Carver Biomedical Research Building. The images, each measuring 5 feet in diameter and mounted on back-lit frames, highlight the breadth of foundational research conducted in the Carver College of Medicine.

The University of Iowa Office of the Provost has selected five interdisciplinary initiatives to receive up to $300K over three years.

In the weeks after twins Charlie and Kolton Martin were born in December, a University of Iowa medical geneticist and her team went to extraordinary lengths as they raced to obtain the medication needed to save their lives.

Four University of Iowa faculty members were honored recently with the 2018 President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence in recognition of their years of outstanding teaching.

Nine University of Iowa College of Law students spent a week over winter break at the UI Hospitals & Clinics learning from health care providers about the intersections of health care and the law.

College of Public Health researchers make more than half of the university's Cancer Epidemiology and Population Science (CEPS) unit, which focuses on the causes and detection of cancer, possible methods of prevention, and improving the quality of life of those who are living with or who have survived cancer.

A new UI study suggests that antibiotics are being overused in up to 50 percent of patients undergoing common urological procedures.