Alumna Cathryn Sloane set off a social media firestorm recently by saying that nobody over the age of 25 should be doing social media as a profession.

Pigeons with iPads, olfactory functions and Alzheimer’s disease, smoking behaviors of stroke patients, and Ralph Ellison and The New York Times are all areas of research being pursued by students involved in the Summer Research Opportunities Program and the McNair Scholars program (SROP/McNair Scholars) through the University of Iowa Graduate College.

Women with ovarian cancer may have somewhat better survival odds when they feel emotionally supported by family and friends, a new study led by University of Iowa psychology professor Susan Lutgendorf suggests.

University of Iowa and University of Iowa Health Care units will participate in the Johnson County Fair this week, Monday through Thursday, July 23-26. Both booths will be in Building C at the Johnson County Fairgrounds.

University of Iowa professor emerita Alicia Brown accomplished a great deal throughout her career in dance. Now her art dances not on a stage but rather on paper in the form of dynamic, abstract collages.

Review of Ann Bauer's new novel begins with a remembrance of her time at the University of Iowa. Subscription required.

The film of Cutting for Stone by University of Iowa Writers' Workshop alumnus Abraham Verghese will be directed by Oscar winner Susanne Beir.

University of Iowa psychology alumna Ashley Mori, a mental-health therapist, is profiled.

Director John Cameron, faculty member in the University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts, discusses the challenges of making the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta 'H.M.S. Pinafore', first performed in 1878, relevant and engaging for an audience in 2012 ahead of its performance in Des Moines this weekend.

The University of Iowa Kantorei has released the first recording of a 30-year-old mass written in the Cornish language, a performance conducted by music faculty member Timothy Stalter.

University of Iowa political scientist Timothy Hagle assesses the effects of redistricting on Iowa's 2nd Congressional District. (Subscription required.)

Three University of Iowa students and alumni have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants to conduct research internationally in 2012-13. This year's UI recipients are Lynne Ann Larsen, Andrea Rosenberg, and Sean Tolentino.