Sandy Boyd, University of Iowa professor emeritus and former UI president, has divided loyalties and fond memories of a famous pig named Floyd.

Linda McGuire, with the University of Iowa College of Law, says that unpopular decisions are part of an independent court. Her comments are part of an NPR story on the battle underway in Iowa over whether or not a Supreme Court justice can keep his job.

Get ready to celebrate University of Iowa athletics and 100 years of tradition before the Hawkeyes take on Minnesota on Saturday. (Note: A paid subscription is required.)

The number of knee replacements paid for by Medicare has more than doubled over the past two decades, according to a University of Iowa study that suggests the procedure is emerging as an important driver of costs for the nation's health care system. (Note: A paid subscription is required.)

The Oct. 8-11 readings at Prairie Lights Books and on Virtual Writing University live streams will feature two Iowa Poets Laureate, Marvin Bell and Mary Swander, and an all University of Iowa line-up.

The University of Iowa Research Foundation is making funding available for faculty interested in commercializing their research. Awards up to $70,000 are available.

Gay Men's Chorus of LA and the It Gets Better Project are to debut the musical It Gets Better on Oct. 19 at the University of Iowa's Hancher.

Total knee replacement surgeries have more than doubled over the past two decades in the U.S., posing challenges to controlling spending in the Medicare program, according to research published by University of Iowa's Peter Cram.

The University of Iowa is one of five higher education institutions partnering to create the Tanager Place Research Center. The goal is to pool expertise to help troubled children and their families through research projects that will impact policy and practice.

University of Iowa astronomer and experiment principal investigator Craig Kletzing jokes that his wife calls the chirps and whoops captured by one of NASA's two recently launched Radiation Belt Storm Probes spacecraft "alien birds."

Judicial review—the courts' power to strike down laws—is increasingly criticized in the United States, but promoted abroad. A UI College of Law conference will look at how one of America’s most prominent legal exports has become so controversial at home.

UI researchers find that total knee replacement surgeries have more than doubled in 20 years. The study, published Sept. 26 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggests the growth is driven by both the increase in the number of older Americans and increased demand among older adults for total knee replacements.