The opposite of procrastination can also be a serious problem—a tendency UI Psychology Professor Ed Wasserman calls “pre-crastination,” an inclination to complete tasks quickly just for the sake of getting things done sooner rather than later. People answer emails immediately rather than carefully contemplating their replies.

Maryland's state Poet Laureate has been awarded the largest annual cash prize in English-language literary criticism by the UI for his most recent book.

McMullen shares stories from his service in Burma, South Africa, Fiji, South Africa, and Eritrea. He also talks about the importance of keeping engaged with the world, something he hopes to impart on the University of Iowa students he teaches.

A team of University of Iowa researchers studied more than 200 YouTube videos of infants and toddlers using tablets and found that most showed a moderate ability to use the devices.

The University of Iowa encourages the public to attend an open house and the first of two public meetings to discuss the proposed repurposement of the existing 1936 Art Building located at 200 N. Riverside Dr. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. June 18 in 2520D University Capitol Centre.

The nation's first Latino Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera, is a University of Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate.

Diane Slusarski, professor of biology, and Tonya L. Peeples, professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, were selected to the ELATE program's 2015-2016 Class of Fellows.

Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds visited the University of Iowa campus to attend an annual meeting with Faculty Senate and Staff Council officers Thursday. Three groups from the arts and humanities gave presentations to Branstad and Reynolds, and the dignitaries toured the UI Mobile Museum.

Following are highlights from the Iowa Board of Regents meeting Thursday, June 4, at Iowa State University in Ames.

Radar technology from the UI will help a new NASA mission look for the building blocks of life on a distant moon.

In June, the University of Iowa Alumni Association will present Distinguished Alumni Awards to 14 outstanding nominees, including Jay Sieleman—a true blues brother. He's president and chief executive officer of the Blues Foundation in Memphis, which is now the largest and most renowned blues organization in the world.

This year’s 13 University of Iowa Fulbright recipients represents a 63 percent increase over the institution’s eight grant recipients last year, now ranking 45th among peer institutions in number of Fulbright awards.