Christopher Brochu, a paleontologist at the University of Iowa, weighs in on a recent study published in Paleobiology in which researchers found signs that the ancestors of the crocodile family had remarkably active metabolisms — and that the creatures evolved them far earlier than expected.

University of Iowa physicist Donald Gurnett retired May 31 after more than 60 years as a student, teacher, and researcher at the UI. Gurnett’s career in space research and exploration began at the dawn of the Space Age and includes seminal discoveries about Earth and other planets.

University of Iowa PhD student Dwain Coleman talks about how in the 1800s, free and once-captive African Americans came together in what were called Colored Conventions. Coleman is involved in the first pilot satellite partner of the acclaimed national Colored Conventions Project.

The University of Iowa has launched Addressing the Crisis, a new open-source online journal that takes inspiration from the work of sociologist Stuart Hall. The journal is hosted by Iowa Research Online, a service dedicated to preserving and providing open access to the research and creative scholarship of the university.

The jaw bone of a juvenile mastodon was donated to the UI Paleontology Repository by the southern Iowa farmers who found it on their land. Tiffany Adrain, collections manager at the repository, said these remains are somewhat common, particularly along waterways in Iowa.

Healthy LifeStars is the latest initiative from the University of Iowa College of Public Health to reduce childhood obesity by encouraging more activity and better eating.

Thousands of University of Iowa students participated in spring 2019 commencement ceremonies May 9-12. (The commencement season isn’t quite complete—the College of Dentistry will host its commencement on June 7.)

The University of Iowa’s curriculum continually evolves to meet the demands of students and employers.

Erica Cole doesn’t let anything diminish her zest for life. Not even losing a leg. Cole is starting a business that sells custom covers for prosthetic limbs.

University of Iowa professor Corey Creekmur weighs in on the storytelling used in the Marvel Universe and Avengers: Endgame.

More than 4,300 University of Iowa students will receive their degrees at spring 2018 commencement ceremonies, which begin Thursday, May 10, with the College of Pharmacy and end on Friday, May 25, with the College of Dentistry. All other ceremonies will take place May 11–13.

The University of Iowa Theatre Building’s Theatre B has been renamed the Alan MacVey Theatre. MacVey, who has chaired the UI Department of Theatre Arts since 1991, will step down as chair this year, but will remain on the faculty and as director of the Division of Performing Arts.