Lulu Merle Johnson grew up in Iowa, helped end segregation at the University of Iowa, and as a scholar changed our view of slavery. She’s now the new namesake of Johnson County.

New large-scale art pieces grace the University of Iowa campus.

University of Iowa Professor Leslie Margolin's new book, The Etherized Wife: Privilege and Power in Sex Therapy Discourse, will be published Dec.18 by Oxford University Press.

The switch to online courses last spring allowed some faculty to try new pedagogical methods, which they say may remain once all classes return to in-person instruction.

For visiting professor Stephanie Miracle, the time at Iowa is an opportunity to deepen her choreographic research and refine her teaching philosophy, which translates to spending a lot of time with the undergrads. Her contemporary technique classes often oppose typical dance studio etiquette—dancing with a group but acting as if you're a soloist, for example—and encourage students to question...

The Society of Professional Journalists has named Stephen Bloom, professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, the recipient of its coveted Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Award. The national award is given to just one journalism educator each year, and this is the first time that a UI instructor has earned it.

The Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa welcomes writer, scholar, and distinguished professor Meenakshi Gigi Durham to the program as interim director. Durham holds a joint appointment at the UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication and in Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies.

With less than a month before faculty, staff, and students prepared to come to campus, Voxman Music Building—home to more than 500 School of Music (SOM) musicians—was transformed into a research lab. SOM director Tammie Walker was at the forefront of these plans, bringing in not just fellow musicians, but also UI doctors and engineers. Through a series of tests, the team identified a list of...

New research from the University of Iowa shows parents who teach children ahead of time how to properly choose gaps in traffic can help them learn more quickly how to cross roads safely. The study found that timely instruction from parents led to improvements in children’s road-crossing abilities.

Adam Cossette, who earned his PhD in geoscience from the UI in 2018, and his graduate advisor, Professor Christopher Brochu of the UI Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, have co-authored a paper that sheds new light on Deinosuchus—one of the largest, if not the largest, crocodylian genera known.

Edward Wasserman, professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, writes a commentary about people's behaviors during the novel corona virus pandemic. Joined by another author in the piece for NBCNews.com, Wasserman says the human brain toggles between short-term, impulsive behaviors, and long-term perspectives.

A team of biologists led in part by the University of Iowa has traced the origins of an invasive snail in the Great Lakes. Maurine Neiman, associate professor in the Department of Biology, and Carina Donne, a second-year master's student, say the invasive snails came from New Zealand and Europe.