Anton Kruger, Dan Matheson, Daniel Weeks, and Rachel Williams have won the 2016 President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence in recognition of their years of outstanding teaching.

UI chemist Sara Mason has won a grant to access a supercomputer network funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. Mason’s group will use its time to better define the atom-to-atom interactions of various nanoparticles, hoping to learn more about the particles’ effects on energy, the environment, and human health.

The first controlled clinical trial of a newly discovered form of vitamin B3, nicotinamide riboside (NR), has shown that the compound is safe for humans. The study also shows NR increases levels of a cell metabolite that is critical for cellular energy production and protection against stress and DNA damage.

The university dedicated its new Visual Arts Building on Oct. 7. The building, designed by renowned architect Steven Holl, is both technologically advanced and artistically inspiring.

The University of Iowa has partnered with the Iowa Children’s Museum to produce a new hands-on exhibit: an interactive skate park concept that teaches physics principles.

A new study from the University of Iowa finds that fewer privately held businesses are willing to go public during election years, suggesting that political uncertainty has a significant effect on business decisions.

There are some haunting sounds coming from Jupiter. An instrument designed and built at the University of Iowa recorded the spooky sounds from the planet’s auroras during the first full orbit by the NASA spacecraft Juno. Several UI researchers are involved in the mission to our solar system’s largest planet.

Research by Tippie College of Business professor Ernest O'Boyle finds that companies with Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) are more profitable than those without.

Studies have proven that music can lift a patient's mood, help manage stress and agitation and facilitate cognitive function and help with motor movements. Now, researchers at the University of Iowa are measuring the impact music has on the health outcomes of Alzheimer's patients in Iowa City.

Medical 21, a Minnesota company founded by University of Iowa benefactor Manny Villafana, has licensed technology to create artificial veins developed at the UI College of Engineering.

UI President Bruce Harreld has named Bruce Gantz and Carroll Reasoner co-chairs of the search committee to replace Jean Robillard, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.

Music therapist Alaine Reschke-Hernandez and neurologist Dan Tranel have teamed up to measure the impact music has on the health outcomes of Alzheimer’s patients in Iowa City. River to River host Ben Kieffer talks with Reschke-Hernandez and Tranel about the connections between music and the brain.