University of Iowa researchers have found that certain roundworms can preemptively prepare a defense system that protects their cells from damage. The finding could lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases in humans caused by damaged cells.

After an extensive national search, the University of Iowa has named J. Brooks Jackson vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.

The University of Iowa chapter of Beta Alpha Psi has been named a Superior Chapter, the national accounting honor society’s highest recognition.

Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

The UI’s fifth annual We Are Phil campaign encourages faculty and staff to donate directly to projects, scholarships, and initiatives sponsored by their colleagues. Nine projects are featured in a special GOLDrush-powered We Are Phil page.

UI archivist David McCartney invites readers to go back in time—about five decades—with a new web project from UI Libraries. “Uptight and Laid-Back: Iowa City in the 1960s” is an online collection that includes maps, images, videos, sound recordings, and much more that depicts campus life in the ’60s.

Iowa’s environmental health is monitored by limnologists, scientists who test water quality and sample fish and insect populations in their search for small changes that could indicate larger trends in the ecosystem.

Members of the University of Iowa community were honored at the UI’s annual Faculty and Staff Awards Banquet on Oct. 10, sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Office of the Vice President for Human Resources.

Dan McGehee, director of the UI’s National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS), speaks with NPR hosts Robert Siegel and Sonari Glinton about vehicle touch screens, smartphones and distracted driving.

Frank Schmidt, emeritus professor of management and organizations, comments on his landmark study that finds intelligence is the most important factor in determining if a person is successful in their job.

Carri Casteel, associate professor of occupational and environmental health in the UI College of Public Health, offers five suggestions for policy makers to consider as they look to address the state’s prescription opioid addiction crisis.

A report from the University of Iowa’s Injury Prevention Resource Center offers five program recommendations for policy makers to consider as they address the prescription opioid addiction crisis in the state.