University of Iowa criminologists in a new study find African Americans who spent time in prison experience accelerated aging. The study finds respondents who were incarcerated were, on average, nearly a year older biologically than their calendar age.

The University of Iowa is closely monitoring the severe weather expected to impact our area this afternoon and overnight into Thursday morning. At this time, the forecasted risk for extreme conditions varies across the state and are lesser in the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids area.

Ashley Howard, assistant professor of African American Studies, was interviewed by The Associated Press regarding the racial violence surrounding the trials of Kyle Rittenhouse and the men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery.

Kara Whitaker, assistant professor in the Department of Health and Human Physiology and director of the Physical Activity and Women’s Health Lab, was named a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American Heart Association (AHA).

With help from the University of Iowa, the U.S. Army is adopting a new fitness test for the first time in 40 years, part of a larger health overhaul aimed at making soldiers stronger, less prone to injury, and better prepared for 21st century combat.

On Dec. 16–19, nearly 2,000 University of Iowa students will receive their degrees in a livestreamed, virtual commencement ceremonies.

Jennifer Teitle, assistant dean for student professional development in the Graduate College at the University of Iowa, was named the recipient of the 2021 Assistant and Associate Deans Leadership Award, the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) announced Dec. 2.

The fund, in memory of J.J. Neiman-Brown, who died unexpectedly at nearly three years old, will support child care and other costs related to caregiving for University of Iowa tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure-track faculty and postdoctoral researchers.

Publishers Weekly reviews the new novel by Lan Samantha Chang, director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, calling the book "thoroughly entertaining" and a "triumphant return" for Chang.

An anthropology professor has published a book about the participation of men in research involving HPV occurrence in a city in Mexico.

During three intensive years, law students are taught how to make clear and concise arguments. But what about communication through images? Daria Fisher Page, a professor in the UI College of Law and a Fall 2021 Obermann Fellow-in-Residence, says she believes that today’s legal professionals also need training in visual advocacy.

Three-Minute Thesis competition winner Emily Schmitz laid out her research on a unique bacterium that could remediate agriculture-related pollution.