Sharon Idiga, this year’s winner of the Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT), is studying how a hormone in the body regulates sugar intake, and her research could lead to new therapies for diabetes and obesity.

The new treatment could improve survival rates for the roughly 6,000 U.S. women diagnosed with type II endometrial cancer every year, and also represents an important step in the development of targeted cancer therapies.

Pigeons aren’t so bird-brained after all. New research from the University of Iowa shows that pigeons can discriminate the abstract concepts of space and time, likely using a different region of the brain than humans and primates to do so.

President Harreld encourages UI employees to donate to the United Way of Johnson and Washington Counties. You can do so using employee self-service.

A video recording of the fall 2017 UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences/University College commencement ceremony is now available for viewing. The ceremony was held Saturday, Dec. 16, at 9 a.m.

A video recording of the fall 2017 UI College of Education commencement ceremony is now available for viewing.

A video recording of the fall 2017 UI Tippie College of Business commencement ceremony is now available for viewing. The ceremony was held Saturday, Dec. 16, at 1 p.m.

A video recording of the fall 2017 UI Graduate College commencement ceremony is now available for viewing. The ceremony was held Friday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m.

A video recording of the fall 2017 UI College of Nursing commencement ceremony is now available for viewing. The ceremony was held Saturday, Dec. 16, at 9 a.m.

The fall 2017 UI College of Engineering commencement ceremony will be live streamed at this page Sunday, Dec. 17, at noon. A video recording of the event will be available here after commencement weekend.

J. Brooks Jackson begins his new role as University of Iowa vice president for medical affairs and dean of the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. Jackson shares his thoughts on leadership, academic medicine, Iowa, and the opportunity to lead UI Health Care.

The University of Iowa will discontinue the Summer Hawk Tuition Grant program after the 2018 summer session due to state budget cuts.