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.

The UI Office of Research and Economic Development on April 9–11 will hold an “Ideas Lab,” where it will bring together 30 faculty and staff members from various disciplines to develop strategies for slowing, stopping, or reversing opioid abuse among Iowans. Those interested in participating can apply through Feb. 14.

A journal article submitted to Health Affairs by University of Iowa Public Policy Center researchers Natoshia Askelson, Brad Wright, Suzanne Bentler, Elizabeth Momany, and Peter Damiano was selected as one of editor-in-chief Alan Weil's editor's picks. Each year, Weil selects the 10 most noteworthy pieces of the year.