University of Iowa film professor and comics scholar Corey Creekmur weighs in on why the nation's capital is rarely the site of climatic confrontations. The reasons range from comic-book history to Hollywood antagonism.

ABAL Therapeutics, a business started by three University of Iowa students that designs software providing therapy for children with autism, recently won the grand prize at Texas Christian University’s prestigious Values and Ventures business startup competition.

Alexis Madsen, along with seven other student employees and supervisors, will be honored for their work during the 2017–18 National Student Employment Week, April 9–13.

The University of Iowa has named Steve McGuire acting director of the UI Stanley Museum of Art as former interim director Jim Leach returns to teaching and three finalists for the permanent position prepare to visit campus.

University of Iowa junior Austin Hughes is one of 18 undergraduates in the nation to receive the prestigious Beinecke Scholarship in 2018.

The versatile Herald Stark Opera Studio in the Voxman Music Building can transform from a classroom to a rehearsal space to a performance venue.

Sandra McGee, a Des Moines native and clinical assistant professor in the UI School of Social Work, responded to a series of fatal police shootings of black men by convening community forums that enhanced relationships between law enforcement and the African American community in Des Moines.

Five MFA students in the famous Iowa Writers’ Workshop came to the UI as teenagers to attend the Iowa Young Writers Studio, a summer camp for high school student writers. They talk about the experiences that have stayed with them.

Faculty, staff, and students in the UI School of Music and Department of Chemistry teamed up to turn physics and chemistry equipment into musical instruments—a project that culminated in a unique and impressive performance.

Alumni Scott Beck (BA ’07, communication studies) and Bryan Woods (BA ’07, communication studies) can add a blockbuster opening weekend to their résumés. The screenwriters of "A Quiet Place," which topped the box office in its opening weekend, discuss their influential time at UI.

Andrew Forbes, associate professor in the UI Department of Biology, discusses the inordinate number of wasps in the world. Forbes, Robin Bagley, Marc Beer, Alaine Hippee, and Heather Widmayer—all from the UI—authored a paper arguing that wasps probably boast a greater array of species than beetles, the long-held favorites.

As experimental filmmaker and UI professor Christopher Harris begins work on his most ambitious project yet, he says he’s fortunate to have found a university community that embraces him and his work.