UI junior Elise Prendergast, who is studying abroad at Peking University, had the opportunity to meet with First Lady Michelle Obama on Friday in China.

Amy Hanson, a UI undergraduate human physiology major with minors in chemistry and Spanish from Cedar Rapids, reflects on her study abroad experience in India. She received a short-term program merit scholarship from the Stanley-UI Foundation Support Organization.

Learning not to touch a hot stove, or climb up on a steep roof in search of a lost baseball is key to making it through childhood unscathed; new UI research suggests that parents can help their kids understand these risks with explanations, not orders.

New UI research shows that parents who explain and guide their children through a conversation about the dangers of risky behavior were more likely to see positive results.

Rep. Dave Loebsack toured UI physics and astronomy labs and discussed concerns regarding education and science outreach with faculty.

The Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities has UI students and teachers in 10 disciplines such as engineering and public health working on roughly 25 different community projects this year.

Children are experts at getting into danger. So, how can parents help prevent the consequences? One answer, University of Iowa researchers say in a new study, is for parents to better understand how their children rate hazards and then use conversation to explain why certain situations can be dangerous. Results appear in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology.

U.S. Representative Dave Loebsack of Iowa's 2nd Congressional District visited the University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy March 18 to discuss science education and research funding with faculty and visit a laboratory where NASA-funded research is being conducted.

Thirty-six years after launch, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft reached interstellar space in 2013. Renowned space scientist Don Gurnett will offer firsthand perspective on Voyager’s incredible journey during a March 25 talk in Des Moines.

University of Iowa political science professor Tim Hagle says it's still hard to tell what might happen in this year's primary elections, even as the deadline for candidate filing passed on Friday.

University of Iowa political science professor Tim Hagle says the race for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat from Iowa is still up in the air for now.

Leslie Schwalm, professor of history at the University of Iowa, studies Martha Reno, an Iowan who refused to pay taxes for a segregated public school in 1855 because she was black and her children would not be able to attend.