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.

The University of Iowa field hockey team received a special visit from surprise guests Wednesday, April 23 at Grant Field. These were not just any guests; they included the president and chief executive officer of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), field hockey's governing body.

The University of Iowa’s Hancher and Department of Religious Studies are collaborating to present Niyaz featuring Azam Ali on Thursday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. at Old Brick. The concert is free and open to the public.

The University of Iowa College of Law’s patent moot court team took first place at the national finals of the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Patent Law Moot Court competition April 23-25 in Washington, D.C.

The University of Iowa women's basketball team had fun in 2013-14. The campaign featured 27 wins, equaling the second-highest total in program history, and 14 home wins, also equaling the second-most in school history.