The University of Iowa Graduate College honors Karen Thompson with the D.C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize in the biological and life sciences.

The University of Iowa Graduate College honors Erin Peters with the D.C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize in the humanities and fine arts.

UI political science professor Tim Hagle discusses the campaigning spouse.

A new UI study finds more Americans than ever before are shopping farmers markets and joining food coops because they enjoy knowing who grows their food. These so-called “locavores” are driven to eat locally grown food because their commitment makes them feel part of a community that shares their values.

Why do species mate when the costs of reproduction are so high? A University of Iowa biologist seek to understand why by studying female snails that can produce offspring with males—and without them. Their findings may help answer questions about genetic diversity and inherited diseases.

UI undergraduate Madeleine Hoofnaggle researches scary video games and why so many people get a thrill being terrified.

Hancher Auditorium will open to the public in 2016. See how the building is coming along as the 2015-16 academic year approaches.

Drive along North Riverside Drive on the University of Iowa campus and you're sure to notice the progress being made on the future home of the UI School of Art and Art History's numerous studio arts disciplines.

The Voxman Music Building, future home to the University of Iowa School of Music, will open in 2016 boasting a 700-seat recital hall that will be the envy of many programs across the country. Iowa Now provides you with intimate glimpses of the work done over the past few months.

As 2016 presidential candidates descend on the Iowa State Fair, UI Political Science Professor Cary Covington discusses those at the "back of the pack."

UI 3D design students created the UI’s booth for the 2015 Iowa State Fair—a first for both the program and the university. The hexagon—a shape found in the construct of DNA—was used thematically in the booth, as a way to convey innovation, technology, creativity, and research.

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) awarded a 2015-16 American Fellowship to Shelby S. Putt, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at the University of Iowa.