Tori M. Forbes and Sara E. Mason, both assistant professors of chemistry in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, have each been selected by the National Science Foundation to receive a 2013 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award.

Death notices for current and retired University of Iowa employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

Certain anabolic steroids and pharmaceutical products last longer in the environment than previously known, according to a new study led by the University of Iowa. The researchers found that the steroid trenbolone acetate, along with some other pharmaceutical products, never fully degrade in the environment, and can partially regenerate themselves under certain conditions. Results published online...

Johnny Appleseed isn’t just a symbolic folk hero. He was a real pioneer apple farmer named John Chapman whose dream was to produce so many apples no one would ever go hungry. The UI has its own folk hero. His name is Andy Dahl, and he is an arborist.

A new study by University of Iowa law professor Robert Miller says inefficient overpricing in the mergers and acquisition market can actually be perfectly rational from the point of view of the company that's overpaying.

The University of Iowa law school will host a conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of a landmark legal ruling that guaranteed low-income criminal defendants the right to legal representation.

The University of Iowa is one of nine institutions nationwide to receive a multimillion-dollar contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, to conduct clinical trials of promising vaccines and therapies for infectious diseases.

Older women with higher blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids did not have any better memory or thinking skills after six years than women with lower levels, says new University of Iowa research.

Former Congressman Jim Leach comes home to the University of Iowa and joins the UI faculty to teach the next generation.

Pat Winokur of UI Health Care is testing a vaccine for a potentially deadly strain of influenza that killed dozens of people in China earlier this year, a strain so unfamiliar in humans that the vaccine may have to be combined with adjuvants, compounds that help boost immune system response.

In advance of the 2013-14 University of Iowa Theatre Mainstage season's opening production, "Water by the Spoonful," dramaturg Madison Colquette speaks with the playwright and the UI performance's director about the captivating stories found within this Pulitzer-winning work for the stage.

Not everyone is born with the best attributes for dance, but everyone should dance, according to George de la Pena. The benefits of encouraging simple movement as a form of physical health is part of the curriculum in the University of Iowa’s Department of Dance.