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.

Geology majors at the University of Iowa took a three-day excursion to Missouri to examine rocks and past and present geological activity. The for-credit trip is a critical outdoor complement to the terminology and concepts the students, mostly seniors, have been learning in the classroom.

Rare intraoperative brain recordings suggest the existence of a new brain connection that may be a target for improving cognitive symptoms in Parkinson’s disease.