Melissa Myers has an easy way to deal with stress: she grabs people and throws them around. It's a disciplined form of release—the University of Iowa sophomore is a longtime judo competitor, one who will represent the U.S. in the upcoming World Judo Championships.

The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present the Brentano String Quartet on Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Riverside Recital Hall (405 N. Riverside Drive) in Iowa City. The concert is a collaboration with the UI String Quartet Residency Program.

Enter Anderson’s Pharmacy in Preston, and you’ll be greeted by husband and wife, pharmacists Ken and Barb Anderson. They’ve operated their business in this small Jackson County town for almost 40 years. The two graduated from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy.

When Logan Brown was just 20 hours old, his doctors noticed a blood clot near a large vein that carries blood to his heart. He was transferred to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at University of Iowa Children’s Hospital, where pediatric specialists discovered other challenges.

The University of Iowa's fall career fair provides myriad opportunities for hundreds of UI students and alumni. We followed Liz Skogerboe, a senior sociology major from Spirit Lake, as she sought out avenues for achieving her career goals.

Professors Sara Rynes and Alfonso Morales discuss their study that finds people get a sense of community from shopping at farmers markets and buying locally grown food.

Kyle M. Stein publishes article, "Use of intraoperative navigation for minimally invasive retrieval of a broken dental needle," in Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

For University of Iowa leaders, few causes matter more than keeping an Iowa education affordable and accessible. Our focus on costs and value has paid off.

The UI Academic Technologies Advisory Council will accept proposals for the Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards through Oct. 15. The council's aim is to raise teaching and learning levels by supporting innovative instructional technology projects that have the potential to directly impact student success and retention.

A new University of Iowa study, published in the journal "Fuel," documents that biomass burning has positive environmental and public-health effects. Co-firing oat hulls with coal reduced emissions of carbon dioxide, particulate matter, and heavy metals compared with burning coal alone.

University of Iowa Professor Mishtu Dey has received a National Science Foundation grant for her research project, “Molecular and Structural Dissection of Methyl Coenzyme M Reductase for Methane Production.” The grant is part of the NSF’s Sustainable Chemistry, Engineering, and Materials (SusChEM) initiative.

University of Iowa physical chemist Sara Mason landed a $240,000 grant to study dirt—specifically, the interplay between water and minerals in dirt—all in an effort to figure out how to get rid of contaminants in the ground.