Regarding another researcher's study showing high blood pressure in young adulthood leads to lower brain function in mid-life: UI professor Jennifer Robinson says, "We're finding subtle changes early that have cumulatively negative effects; the public health data is extremely clear."

Each year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) publishes a list of scams that peak during filing season. Tax fraud through the use of identity theft tops this IRS list of scams. Here are tips to avoid becoming a victim.

"Gifts and Grants" is a roundup of research grants and other funding obtained by University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students in support of work across disciplines—from the sciences to the arts and humanities—that will be published regularly in Iowa Now.

Cynthia Brinich-Langlois, Virginia A. Myers Visiting Assistant Professor in Printmaking, will give a lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, in Room 116 Art Building West. She will show her work in the Ark Gallery of Studio Arts Building April 7-12.

Pinecone or pine nut? Friend or foe? Distinguishing between the two requires that we pay special attention to the telltale characteristics of each. And humans aren’t the only ones up to the task. According to UI researchers, pigeons share our ability to place everyday things in categories. Results are published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.

Budding scientists from across the state are gaining extra insight into their projects with help from mentors at the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa .

Robert Cargill, UI assistant professor of classics, casts doubt on a report that two European historians have located the so-called Holy Grail, the goblet Jesus used at the Last Supper.

New research by Jennifer Robinson, director of the Prevention Intervention Center at the UI College of Public Health, finds that an experimental cholesterol-lowering drug is effective when combined with statins when it comes to helping hard-to-treat patients.

Know of University of Iowa staff members who have done something really great for the university, the community, or the state? Now's your chance to nominate them for some of the university's top staff honors.

North Carolina leaders are considering alternatives to gasoline taxes including a mileage-based system like the one in a national study conducted by the UI's Paul Hanley, who notes: "Our participants...were concerned about privacy and what's going to happen to that data."

Diet drinks may increase the risk of heart attacks, stroke, and other heart problems in postmenopausal women, according to a UI study.

When we think about music from other countries, it can be easy to get caught up in a one-note stereotype. UI’s Hancher will present Sones de México Friday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the Englert Theatre, where the folk music ensemble will share the full scope of Mexico’s varied traditions.