Bridget Coughlin has two passions in her professional career—science and people. The University of Iowa alumna landed a dream job that combines these passions: president and CEO of Shedd Aquarium.

Marilynne Robinson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author and Professor of English and Creative Writing in the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will receive the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction during the 2016 Library of Congress National Book Festival on Sept. 24.

UI's Iowa Electronic Markets helped to pioneer the field of prediction markets, which have proven remarkably accurate at predicting election outcomes.

A team of University of Iowa students is growing hydroponic lettuce in a biology building greenhouse. The team aims to sell the lettuce to local stores.

Tippie College of Business sophomore John Akpan wants his fellow students to know there are resources available to help black professionals and business owners succeed in Iowa. To highlight that, he's helped organize a dinner and panel discussion about black-owned businesses in the state.

Dr. Joseph Turek, chief of pediatric cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital—and Grey’s Anatomy enthusiast—offers his opinion on how realistically the new NBC TV drama Heartbeat portrays the profession.

Dimy Doresca, director of the Institute for International Business in the University of Iowa’s John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, has been appointed to the Iowa District Export Council by U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker to help Iowa businesses that want to export their products and services to global markets.

Tucked into the basement of the University of Iowa’s Seamans Center is the Engineering Machine Shop, a high-tech workshop where students provide consulting, design, prototyping, and fabrication services to faculty, staff, and peers at the UI.

"Forbes" magazine has once again rated University of Iowa Health Care as one of the best places to work in the U.S. UIHC was named the No. 7 employer overall and the No. 1 employer in the health care industry category across the country.

According to President Harreld, the key to the University of Iowa's success is our passion for experimentation. From missions of exploration in the 19th century to inaugurating innovative new degrees in the 20th to pioneering advanced simulation techniques in the 21st, the UI is always renewing its vision.

Upcoming changes to the Iowa Courses Online (ICON) system will add many new digital learning opportunities and practical functions for faculty and students, including a "what-if grade analysis."

A University of Iowa economist is studying how obesity rates are affected in communities where restaurants publish the calorie counts of the food they serve, an effort that is part of a broader campaign to reduce the number of Americans who are overweight.