Greenhouse gases aren't the only factors to consider when making climate predictions — airborne particles and atmospheric aerosols also merit close scrutiny.

Scientists have studied the prickle gene mutation in flies since the 1930s, but only a couple winters ago did anyone realize these flies had epilepsy. The discovery could provide a new testing route for human treatments.

How did plants develop photosynthesis — the ability to turn carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen in the presence of light? Turns out they stole it.

U.S.News & World Report ranks 10 University of Iowa graduate programs and colleges among the 10 best in the country among all public and private schools. The speech-language pathology master’s program in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) ranks as the No. 1 program in the country, according to America's Best Graduate Schools 2013. Audiology (CLAS), the physician assistant program...

UI writing student Mike Sowell is a zombie outbreak response specialist.

Iowa Writers' Workshop alumnus Lin Hwai-Min, has been hailed as the greatest choreographer in Asia.

Economics faculty member Solow says that per capita income is a key measure of economic health.

The University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop will present a free reading by two visiting faculty members—poet Dora Malech and fiction writer Andrew Sean Greer—at 8 p.m. Friday, March 23, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Dey House on the UI campus.

Nonfiction Writing Program faculty member John D'Agata's new book addresses the question: What are the limits of literary license?

Critics have difficulty labeling what University of Iowa School of Music alumnus Rinde Eckert does, but they agree that he does it very well. Recording Academy voters concurred this year, awarding him and the chamber ensemble eighth blackbird a Grammy for Best Small Ensemble Performance.

UI astronomer Steven Spangler says solar storms can result in "funky readings" on GPS.

Writers' Workshop alumnus Josh Rolnick, winner of the John Simmons Short Fiction Award from the UI Press, writes about the schvitz. The schvitz?