Born in a small coal-mining town in 1912, Himie Voxman taught at the UI for 45 years and is credited with establishing the UI School of Music’s national prominence.

With the grand opening of the Voxman Music Building on Oct. 21, School of Music director David Gier shares his thoughts on the new location and what’s transpired in the eight years since the 2008 flood.

The University of Iowa School of Music will live stream the Oct. 13 performance by the UI Symphony and Concert Bands, beginning at 7:25 p.m. CDT. The ensemble will perform in the Voxman Music Building Concert Hall.

Around the corner from University of Iowa biology professor David Soll’s office is an exclusive reservoir of biological agents used by researchers worldwide seeking to cure cancer. Its mission is deeply personal for Soll. He lost his wife to cancer, and he wants to put an end to the disease.

Co-organizers Lena Hill and Michael Hill are providing students with the opportunity to meet and develop mentoring relationships with African American alumni.

Anton Kruger, Dan Matheson, Daniel Weeks, and Rachel Williams have won the 2016 President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence in recognition of their years of outstanding teaching.

UI chemist Sara Mason has won a grant to access a supercomputer network funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. Mason’s group will use its time to better define the atom-to-atom interactions of various nanoparticles, hoping to learn more about the particles’ effects on energy, the environment, and human health.

The university dedicated its new Visual Arts Building on Oct. 7. The building, designed by renowned architect Steven Holl, is both technologically advanced and artistically inspiring.

Hundreds of art students and faculty joined dancers, musicians, and local dignitaries in the brilliantly lit central foyer of the Visual Arts Building on Friday to dedicate the new building.

With the U.S. presidential election just weeks away, computer security experts say it’s too late to make major improvements for this election, but voting officials can take several steps for upcoming elections.

There are some haunting sounds coming from Jupiter. An instrument designed and built at the University of Iowa recorded the spooky sounds from the planet’s auroras during the first full orbit by the NASA spacecraft Juno. Several UI researchers are involved in the mission to our solar system’s largest planet.

Studies have proven that music can lift a patient's mood, help manage stress and agitation and facilitate cognitive function and help with motor movements. Now, researchers at the University of Iowa are measuring the impact music has on the health outcomes of Alzheimer's patients in Iowa City.