UI researchers say behavior, particularly psychologist Edward Thorndike’s law of effect, is the foundational principle behind the evolution of the violin and other handmade inventions. Simply put, behaviors that are followed by positive outcomes tend to be repeated.

The UI has the 47th-highest international student enrollment in the nation, out of 1,485 institutions in 2014-15, and is the No. 1 study abroad program in India, with no other U.S. college or university sending more students there, according to data released as part of the Open Doors Report.

A University of Iowa physics graduate student has won a coveted NASA fellowship. Jake McCoy is building a sophisticated tool that may help astrophysicists locate missing matter in the cosmos through X-rays emitted by dark, distant areas in space.

A new gang in black and gold found success on the football field Nov. 14. The fourth-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team defeated top-ranked Oklahoma State University, 18–16, in the Grapple on the Gridiron, Nov. 14, in front of 42,287 fans, the largest dual crowd in NCAA history.

Dawn Bowlus, director of the Jacobson Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship in the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, received an Iowa Women in Innovation Award during ceremonies in Des Moines Nov. 10.

Tonya Peeples, Fatima Toor are finalists for state technology awards.

The University of Iowa Office of Research and Economic Development hosted four state legislators on an interactive tour of campus research activities Thursday, Nov. 12, for an event called “University of Iowa Research: Legacy and Leadership.”

The University of Iowa honored five members of the armed forces for exceptional service to both their country and the Hawkeye community with a new award on Thursday night.

UI assistant professor of history Keisha N. Blain writes that despite black women's influence at the polls, their concerns are undervalued in contemporary political campaigns. While some presidential candidates have gone to great lengths to court black voters, few have been vocal about black women's vulnerability to state-sanctioned violence.

The Furry Friends program, a Volunteer Services program and a part of the Department of Rehabilitation Therapies at UI Hospitals and Clinics, began in 2003 as a way to lighten and brighten patients’ days. Therapy dogs help patients forget the present, even if it’s just for a few minutes.

The University of Iowa Department of Dance will present its first performances of the season, featuring the work of graduate and undergraduate students, at 8 p.m. Thursday–Saturday, Nov. 19–21, in Space Place Theater.

The UI Department of Theatre Arts will continue its Mainstage season Nov. 13 with Tom Stoppard’s "Arcadia." The play alternates between the early nineteenth century and the present day, and secrets of the universe are discovered or unearthed again.