A researcher at the University of Iowa is the first to use the Internet and social media to systematically show how a documentary film shaped public perception and ultimately led to municipal bans on hydraulic fracking.

Bruce Harreld, a former Harvard Business School faculty member and corporate executive who helped save a foundering IBM in the 1990s, will become the 21st president of the University of Iowa. The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, announced Harreld, 64, as its unanimous selection to replace Sally Mason.

Carver College of Medicine faculty members Kin Fai Au and Kenneth Nepple have received American Cancer Society seed grants to explore new ideas related to the cause, prevention, and therapy of cancer.

UI Faculty Council, Staff Council, Student Government, and Graduate and Professional Student Government issued a joint statement regarding the town hall forum for UI presidential candidate Bruce Harreld.

Researcher at the University of Iowa is the first to use the Internet and social media to systematically show how a documentary film shaped public perception and ultimately led to municipal bans on hydraulic fracking.

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, will meet at 8 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, in the Iowa Memorial Union at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. The purpose of the meeting is to interview finalists and select a new president for the University of Iowa.

Iowa’s dental work force looks very different from the way it did 18 years ago—with far more women practicing and the average age of working dentists steadily climbing.

Sarit Smolikove, assistant professor in biology, has been awarded a $555,000 grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to study a protein structure necessary for fertility.

Eight-year-old Makayla Bell was born with OEIS syndrome, named for each of the birth defects characterized by the disorder.

The University of Iowa has been included in a national consortium exploring the benefits and potential risks of nanotechnology. The UI joins the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology, which obtained nearly $20 million in additional funding from the National Science Foundation.

In the wake of the Virginia shooting incident on live TV, Corinne Peek-Asa, director of the UI Injury Prevention Research Center, discusses employers' responsibility under federal law for providing work sites that are free of hazards, which government rules and court decisions have established can include workplace violence.

The University of Iowa Division of Performing Arts is preparing to kick off another exciting season with hundreds of live performances in theatre, dance, and music. Tickets for the 2015-16 season handled through the Hancher Box Office are on sale now.