The third candidate for the position of executive vice president and provost at the University of Iowa has accepted an offer for another position and has withdrawn from further consideration.

Instagram chose University of Iowa grad student Jennifer Fisher to take over its official story account during the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship game.

Karen Heimer, UI professor of sociology as well as gender, women’s, and sexuality studies, will deliver the 36th annual presidential lecture on Feb. 24. Heimer’s lecture, “Violence Against Women: The Hidden Figures,” will discuss the facts and common misconceptions about violence against women.

Jane Nachtman grew up on a family farm in eastern Iowa, barely knowing what a physicist was. Now, the University of Iowa alumna is an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at her alma mater and is a leading figure in the field of particle physics.

Nine University of Iowa College of Law students spent a week over winter break at the UI Hospitals & Clinics learning from health care providers about the intersections of health care and the law.

A university search committee has announced the second finalist for the next executive vice president and provost at the University of Iowa.

The University of Iowa College of Engineering is partnering with Engineer Your World (EYW) at the University of Texas at Austin to provide hands-on engineering experiences to high school students across Iowa.

College of Public Health researchers make more than half of the university's Cancer Epidemiology and Population Science (CEPS) unit, which focuses on the causes and detection of cancer, possible methods of prevention, and improving the quality of life of those who are living with or who have survived cancer.

The College of Public Health's Business Leadership Network awarded grants to seven communities across Iowa for initiatives and projects that will improve public health.

The University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) is is participating in a project that studies the impact that smoking marijuana has on people who are driving a car.

A new UI study suggests that antibiotics are being overused in up to 50 percent of patients undergoing common urological procedures.

Michael E. Ernst—a clinical professor in the UI College of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science—co-authored October research papers that were based on the Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) trial. The study concluded that low-dose aspirin may do more harm than good in healthy older adults.