Growing up surrounded by educators, Margot Livesey wanted to do something different. Yet, the critically acclaimed author eventually ended up teaching at the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop.

A university search committee has announced the second finalist for the next University of Iowa College of Law N. William Hines Dean. Lincoln Davies, associate dean for academic affairs at the S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah, will visit campus Feb. 12 and 13.

Every year, an army of sweaty University of Iowa students, wearing gym shorts and T-shirts, raise more money “for the kids” than all but two other colleges nationwide. The millions of dollars raised by UI's Dance Marathon go to treat pediatric cancer patients at the UI Stead Family Children's Hospital.

A team of UI MBA students is working with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee to determine the commercial viability of a process the scientists at the lab discovered by accident that turns carbon dioxide into ethanol and reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

NASA astronaut and Iowa native Peggy Whitson will discuss leadership when she speaks at the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business Quad Cities center in Davenport at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 12. Whitson holds the U.S. record for most days in space and commanded the International Space Station.

A search committee formed to hire the next leader for the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development will host two open forums focusing on the organization’s structure and ideal qualifications for the next person who leads it. The forums will be Feb. 9 and Feb. 20.

An exhibit at the University of Iowa Main Library complements “Invisible Hawkeyes,” a 2016 book by two University of Iowa professors that explores the experiences of African American students on campus in the early to mid-20th century.

A study of the impact of medication on children’s migraine headaches, co-led by Christopher Coffey, has been named one of the leading developments in neuroscience in 2017 by the journal “Neurology Today.”

When it snows on the University of Iowa campus, the snow removal team goes to great lengths to make things safe for faculty, staff, students, and visitors, clearing numerous building entrances and many miles of campus roads and sidewalks.

The University of Iowa’s undergraduate minor in translation builds on the UI’s long history in the field, including the founding of the first translation workshop in the US, in 1962. Find out how the new minor is helping undergraduates succeed.

Two University of Iowa graduate students have been named as Humanities Without Walls consortium 2018 pre-doctoral workshop fellows.

It’s another year to remember for the University of Iowa Dance Marathon community. Dance Marathon 24 raised $3,011,015.24 to help fund pediatric cancer research at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital.