The Iowa Newborn Screening Program, which involves personnel from UI Hospitals and Clinics and the State Hygienic Laboratory, was selected for NewSTEPs 360, a national initiative to save the lives of babies by reducing the time from birth to identification of serious and often life-threatening conditions.

A data-driven method for helping farmers decide what seed varieties to plant has landed a University of Iowa team of analytics experts in the finals of an international agricultural-management competition.

University of Iowa researchers are traveling to Iceland to better understand sand dunes found all over the planet Mars. They hope the Iceland site will show how Martian sands have changed, which could yield more clues about Mars's geological history and the possibility of discovering microbial life entombed there.

"2016 Cancer in Iowa," a report released March 30, predicts an estimated 16,600 new cancers will be diagnosed this year among Iowa residents.

Prediction markets like the Iowa Electronic Markets can help researchers better understand why people make the decisions they do.

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.