University of Iowa alumna Melissa Moreton's research documents an exhaustive list of manuscripts produced by Italian Renaissance nuns, finding that the women were surprisingly connected to the humanist revival of the arts and scholarship of the time. Moreton is the 2013 Spriestersbach Prize winner in the humanities and fine arts.

The University of Iowa will honor December 2013 graduates during a series of commencement ceremonies and other events, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 20-21.

They’re called the “Underground Astronauts”—six women, including the UI's Lindsay Eaves, with a very specific set of qualifications who descended deep underground last month to retrieve the ancient remains of human ancestors.

UI professors Deborah Linebarger and Kembrew McLeod comment on children's "magical thinking" and "rich fantasy life" as it relates to belief in Santa.

The notes played on the Old Capitol steps on Friday, Dec. 13, were low, but don't misconstrue that as criticism. "Holiday Tubas," the annual concert performed with the help of Collegium Tubum, the UI’s tuba and euphonium ensemble, brought seasonal cheer to the audience gathered on the Pentacrest.

The Register's editorial board bestows a "rose" to the memory of James Van Allen, whose spirit lives on at the University of Iowa, as evidenced by the recent success in communicating directly with the Juno spacecraft as it recently swung past earth.

If your baby is being messy it might be a sign of faster learning. Researchers at the University of Iowa released a study showing kids who play with their nonsolid food in a highchair learn words for those foods faster.

Robert Ketterer, professor and interim chair of the Department of Classics in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been awarded the 2013 Outreach Prize by the American Philological Association.

The Iowa Review has received a prestigious grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support and expand its annual writing contest for U.S. military veterans.

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UI researchers describe the evolution of various forms of the enzyme “dihydrofolate reductase” as it occurred from bacteria to humans. Their paper, which appears in the Dec. 13 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, may prove useful to scientists in the design of future drugs and catalysts.

UI graduates Hung Tran and Thomas Hornbeck, who founded Tutor Universe, a virtual, global college study hall, have relocated to Menlo Park, Calif., to take part in Studio 9+, a nine-month program that helps entrepreneurs build a fully viable business, ready for investment.