A University of Iowa double major in political science and history helped Iowa City native Katherine Valde find a rewarding job with a highly respected public policy and law institute.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by Kantorei and the University Choir at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus. Both ensembles will be led by Timothy Stalter, conductor and director of choral activities in the UI School of Music.

UI professors Philip Lutgendorf and Aniruddha Dutta discuss an Indian Supreme Court ruling giving Indians the right to choose their gender, including a “third gender” category for those who don’t identify as either male or female.

Eight University of Iowa students and alumni have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants to conduct research, undertake creative projects, or serve as English teaching assistants abroad in 2014-15.

Coming in spring 2015, the University of Iowa's first theme semester will highlight perspectives on food—the traditions it inspires, its relationship with health, the economics behind its production, and much more.

For Katherine Valde, Ben Gillig, and dozens of other UI students, months of hard work have paid off. Last week, the Iowa Legislature concluded its 2014 session, which saw lawmakers guarantee an undergraduate resident tuition freeze for the second straight year.

Lush green lawns dotted with trees and shrubs confer an aura of high social status on a household, and research by UI psychologist Rebecca Neel shows this association may make people hesitant to opt for natural landscapes requiring low water usage.

The 2014 version of Herky on Parade features the University of Iowa's iconic bird standing tall and triumphant—a reflection of sorts of the pride felt by the 16 UI alumni who participated in the creation of this year’s statues. With the statues unveiled Monday morning, a few alums take us inside their creative process.

University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who's making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development at the University of Iowa has named a scholar in the arts and humanities as its newest faculty fellow. David Gier is a professor and director of the UI School of Music and is the third person to be selected for the Administrative Research Fellows Program, now in its second year.

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University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and the general public are invited to view a traveling exhibit commemorating a German student movement that urged nonviolent resistance to the Nazi government in 1942-43. The exhibit is on display May 2-30 in the College of Public Health Building.