University of Iowa MFA student Donté K. Hayes was named the 2019 winner of the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art by the Gibbes Museum of Art.

This fall, more than 1,800 University of Iowa undergraduate, graduate, and professional students will participate in ceremonies celebrating the end of one chapter and the beginning of another.

Jodie Plumert, a professor of psychological and brain sciences, discusses recent surveys that show the increasing dangers posed by distracted people who are texting while walking.

The 2007 graduate of the Iowa Playwrights Workshop left his home state 20 years ago. While rehearsing his new play, “Greater Clements,” he drove through the lonesome landscapes that still inspire his work.

The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) is appointing three faculty members to new collegiate leadership positions, effective Jan. 1.

Russell Ganim, director of the Division of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), has been named the new associate provost and dean of International Programs. He will begin on Jan. 1.

Downing Thomas, associate provost and dean of International Programs, has served as the university’s senior international officer since 2009. Thomas will return to a faculty position in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the end of the year.

Vice President for Research Marty Scholtz recounts his tour of world-class UI research facilities accompanied by state legislators.

Jean Gordon, associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, is developing a tool to improve diagnosis of aphasia—the inability to speak, write, and/or understand language as a result of brain damage, usually stroke.

Students who take the Hawkeye Poll don’t just learn about the mechanics of polling—they also help to write and design the poll that’s developed a reputation for seeing Iowa caucus trends before anyone else.

A collaboration between the University of Iowa 3D Design team and Theatre Arts Department won top honors in CONNECT, the design school competition at the 2019 Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design (SOFA) Fair.

University of Iowa physicists reported that the spacecraft Voyager 2 has entered interstellar space. BBC spoke with Don Gurnett, professor emeritus in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and carried his comments in a print story and in a broadcast on the BBC World Service radio.