Ernest Pascarella, Mary Louise Petersen Professor of Higher Education at the UI College of Education, participated in a study that illustrates the surprising impact of college on students' interest in diversity and racial understanding. As undergraduates progress in higher education, they become less interested, on average, in promoting racial understanding.

Six University of Iowa professors have been named Collegiate Fellows of the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in recognition of their distinguished teaching, research, and service.

Law professor Lea VanderVelde writes that Harriet Scott may have played an important role in her husband's legal quest for freedom.

Joseph Campana writes about his joy in the publication of his Iowa Poetry Prize-winning volume from the University of Iowa Press—particularly the Grant Wood cover.

The University of Iowa School of Music will honor emerita faculty member Betty Bang Mather with Baroque for Betty: A Flute Extravaganza at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 14, in the Riverside Recital Hall. The event is free and open the public.

A new study by a University of Iowa researcher suggests that investors put more faith in venture capitalists and other private financial firms than they do in corporations when it comes to evaluating mergers and acquisitions.

Earn your American Red Cross Universal Certificate before summer arrives with a course through UI Recreational Services.

The University of Iowa is celebrating Earth Month throughout April with numerous activities including a waste sort, tree plantings, sustainability-related presentations and movies, and a ride-your-bike-to-work/class campus day.

The Iowa Brass Quintet of the University of Iowa School of Music will return from a Midwest tour to present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall.

New rock-fracturing technology has brought oil boom times to North Dakota. However, a UI researcher says the roads leading to the state’s oil riches may be paved with a potential health hazard.

It’s now official. Des Moines is the formal site of a regional branch campus for the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. A recent agreement between the Des Moines Area Medical Education Consortium and the UI Carver College of Medicine cements the arrangement for the next 10 years.

A UI expert will explore the unprecedented financial crises affecting America’s middle class in a free public lecture presented by the UI Alumni Association on April 24 in Des Moines.