How you fill out an online profile makes a big difference in how you're seen by others. New research shows it is better to be real with your information than trying to be perfect.

Laura Wood Fernandez, a University of Iowa alumna with both a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Teaching, forges new ground as a science teacher in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, thanks to a grant to redesign her classroom and a partnership with the University of Iowa College of Education.

Mariola Espinosa, associate professor in the Department of History in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has received the May Brodbeck Humanities Fellowship for 2015-2016.

Noaquia Callahan, graduate teaching assistant in the Department of History, has won a 2014 research award from the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics from Iowa State University.

Daryl Cameron, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, has received a three-year National Science Foundation grant. The award amount is $336,832, and will be used for his research, “Expanding the Limits of Compassion: A Motivated Emotion Regulation Account of Compassion Collapse.” Results from this study will explain why people often lack compassionate emotion and behavior in response...

Zadok Nampala earned his master's degree in social work from the University of Iowa before becoming the international student adviser at North Iowa Area Community College.

"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.

A new University of Iowa study finds pigeons can categorize 128 photographs into 16 categories of natural and manmade objects, a skill researchers say is similar to the mechanism children use to learn words.

A spring series of free Lifelong Learning events organized by the University of Iowa Alumni Association (UIAA) kicks off on Feb. 19 with a session on suicide prevention.

Grinnell College and the University of Iowa have received a $1.6 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to develop humanities-centered collaborations that expand the use of digital technology among faculty and students.

UI political science professor Bill Reisinger discusses Vladimir Putin's leadership and the most recent fighting in the Ukraine.

Just three weeks after it came out, Descent, a thriller by UI alumnus Tim Johnston about the disappearance of a teenage girl and her family's agony over it, is already in its third printing and made USA Today's top 100 bestseller list.