The University of Iowa will refocus the scope of the Office of the Vice President for Research (VPR) when it hires a new vice president, shifting the role of economic development elsewhere within the university.

UI alumni and Bettendorf, Iowa, natives Scott Beck and Bryan Woods are finalizing a deal with Twentieth Century Fox to adapt Stephen King’s “The Boogeyman” for a new horror film. Beck and Woods’s script for this year’s A Quiet Place, co-written by director and co-star John Krasinski, made $328 million.

IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering professor honored for flood outreach

“U.S. News & World Report” has ranked University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital in four specialties in the new 2018–19 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings published online June 26.

University of Iowa alumnus and Cedar Rapids native Jeff Tomsic's feature film directing debut, Tag, opened third at the box office, raking in $14.6 million—more than half of its $28 million price tag—in its first weekend.

Research by Paula Amad, associate professor and department chair of the Department of Cinematic Arts, is quoted in an article by Time magazine about the history of aerial imaging.

University of Iowa Health Care patients are the first in the nation to have access to a new technology that uses artificial intelligence to diagnose diabetic retinopathy. The technology, IDx-DR, is the only medical device authorized by the FDA that uses AI for the autonomous detection of diabetic retinopathy.

Hancher Auditorium and Voxman Music Building on the University of Iowa campus were named winners of the prestigious 2018 American Architecture Awards for the best new buildings designed and constructed by American architects in the U.S. and abroad and by international architects for buildings designed and built in the United States.

This summer, Chris Stewart hopes to finish building the software for his company, Suredbits, which will provide affordable, real-time Bitcoin data to small businesses.

The University of Iowa’s State Fair Working Group seeks volunteers for the UI booth at the Iowa State Fair Aug. 9–19 in Des Moines.

Cher Carney, senior research associate at the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator, was featured recently in an article about teen drivers on WalletHub. The article, "2018's Best & Worst States for Teen Drivers," featured Carney's expertise in teen driving behavior, including tips for parents of teen drivers.

A study from the University of Iowa College of Public Health and Carver College of Medicine published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) finds that children who have autism spectrum disorder are twice as likely to suffer from food allergies than children who do not have autism.