UI Political Science Professor Cary Covington weighs in on presidential prospects for 2016 following Ag Summit.

Iowa Writers' Workshop faculty member Marilynne Robinson won the National Book Critics Circle Award for her novel Lila, the final book in her trilogy set in the fictional Gilead, Iowa.

The Honors Program has selected Tom Keegan for the Honors Award for Campus Support for 2014-15.

A new study from the University of Iowa reinforces the connection between good nutrition and good grades, finding that free school breakfasts help students from low-income families perform better academically.

The latest annual report on cancer in Iowa estimates 16,900 new cancers will be diagnosed among Iowa residents in 2015. In addition, an estimated 6,400 Iowans will die from cancer, according to the “Cancer in Iowa: 2015” report released Friday, March 13, by the State Health Registry of Iowa, based in the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason may be retiring at the end of the school year, but on Monday, she stopped in Davenport to share some Hawkeye history.

R. William “Bill” Van Sant and Marilyn J. Van Sant, of Bayfield, Wisconsin, have established a $3 million bequest for the University of Iowa College of Engineering that will have an impact across the college, supporting scholarships, faculty and innovation.

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When Grant Young came to the University of Iowa four years ago, it was an easy choice to major in biochemistry and pre-med. His urge to volunteer kicked in, leading to work in the Burn Treatment Center and as a research assistant studying the genetic mutations that cause muscular dystrophy.

Following are highlights from the Iowa Board of Regents Wednesday, March 11, meeting on the University of Iowa campus.

The first meeting of the University of Iowa Presidential Search and Screen Committee has been set for Wednesday, March 25. The 21-member committee will meet from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Kelch Conference Room, 1289 of the Carver Biomedical Research Building (CBRB) on the UI campus.

The NCAA and the University of Iowa are hosting the 2015 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships at the UI Campus Recreation and Wellness Center (CRWC) March 23 through 28. The CRWC will be closed starting Monday, March 23, at 8 a.m. and will re-open Sunday, March 29 at 7 a.m.