Herbert Hovenkamp, UI law professor and an expert in antitrust law, characterized Apple's e-book agreements and anti-poaching pact as “blatant restraints of trade.”

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Hundreds of middle schoolers visited the UI Thursday as part of the African American Awareness Program in Cedar Rapids schools, which is designed to show kids what it's like to go to college.

Gifts and grants is a roundup of research grants obtained by University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students that spans the spectrum of disciplines—from science and social science to the art and humanities—that will be published in Iowa Now on a regular basis.

University of Iowa law professor Lea VanderVelde will lecture about the infamous Dred Scot decision today, Thursday, May 1, when she speaks in the chambers of the United States Supreme Court.

Many women coping with infertility count on relatives or close friends for encouragement and assistance. But when it comes to support, women may not be receiving enough—or even the right kind, according to a new study by UI researchers published in the journal Communication Monographs.

UI's Obermann Fellow-in-Residence Juan Pablo Hourcade, a UI associate professor in computer science and a computer science alumnus from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, discusses his forthcoming book, Designing Technologies for Children.

Deb Linebarger, UI associate professor of education, joins in a discussion on the role of homework for K-12 students.

At UI's Van Allen Hall, tucked away in a metallic chamber wrapped in insulating tin foil is a tiny polarimeter—a detector set to measure and study gamma ray bursts, and a tool that puts research assistant Hannah Marlowe on the forefront of space research, collaborating with NASA.

Jerry Schnoor, co-director of the UI Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, says it's not enough to adapt to the changing climate; we also need to adjust our behaviors to prevent even more changes.

The UI is addressing the cultural divide impeding growth in the number of minorities with doctorate degrees in STEM fields, establishing a new University Center of Exemplary Mentoring with a $1.2 million grant from the New York City-based Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

The University of Iowa Operator Performance Laboratory, in collaboration with NASA and others, is conducting test flights to help find better ways to design cockpits and training to avoid the common pilot errors revealed by post-crash or post-incident analysis.