University of Iowa researchers who recreate deep sea sponge molecules for anti-cancer drugs and reprogram human tissue to fight disease are among the recipients of $750,000 in funding from the university to turn their discoveries into businesses.

Andrea Gutman, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Iowa, has been selected as one of 10 fellows in the 2015 Society for Neuroscience’s (SfN) Early Career Policy Fellows, a program for early career neuroscientists to learn how to become effective advocates for science.

William S. Kurth, a research scientist in the University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy, was elected as an American Geophysical Union Fellow.

Why are modern humans the only species with chins? UI researchers say it's not due to mechanical forces, such as chewing, but may lie in our evolution: As our faces became smaller, it exposed the bony prominence at the lowest part of our heads. Results in the Journal of Anatomy.

The newly-formed President’s Black Student Advisory Committee (BSAC) is hosting a forum for all University of Iowa students on Tuesday, April 14, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Carver-Hawkeye Arena’s Feller Club Room.

The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present "All Recipes Are Home" April 17-18 at the Johnson County Fairgrounds. This new play, co-commissioned by Hancher and created by Iowa City’s Working Group Theatre, explores how food, farming, sustainability, and agriculture affect our lives and culture.

Lisa Fasone was 3 when doctors diagnosed her with an irregular heartbeat. Though her condition eventually disappeared, Fasone was forever changed. Today, the UI junior credits the experience with her decision to become a physician assistant and help sick children, especially those living in poverty.

Winners of the John and Elsie Mae Ferentz Undergraduate Fellowships for Research presented their original, faculty-mentored research at the Spring Undergraduate Research Festival (SURF) on Thursday, April 9, 2015.

A new University of Iowa study, based in Pennsylvania, shows that the waste from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, may be more radioactive than previously thought.

"Iowa Now Minute" is a 60-second roundup highlighting recent UI activities, research, public engagement, and campus life. Look for a new video every Thursday.

UI associate professor of computer science Douglas Jones says that chipmakers, such as Intel, have a history of including artwork like Easter eggs in chip designs so as to better detect when someone copies their work.

The Iowa Humanities Festival considers the imaginative power of the prairie as presenters from colleges, universities, and cultural institutions across Iowa highlight the humanities in the Midwest.