UI religious studies professor Ahmed Souaiaia writes about Obama's attempts to communicate directly with the Iranian people.

Actuaries are expected to be in demand in coming years. But what do actuaries do? Beyond something that involves math and insurance, explanations always seem mysterious and bizarre, something that only other practitioners of actuarial science can really understand.

A class offered this spring by the University of Iowa is helping entrepreneurs from around the state learn how to take their businesses global.

Bill Field, a professor of occupational and environmental health at the UI, writes about the danger of radon, and why he believes the EPA shouldn't be allowed to drop the ball by eliminating funding to help states promote radon awareness.

Five faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have been honored for their excellence in teaching and scholarship or creative work.

Christopher Morphew, chair of the department of educational policy and leadership studies at the UI, says fixed tuition pricing plans, which guarantee the price of tuition for several semesters, function "largely as a marketing ploy."

David Perlmutter, director of the UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication, writes that service is a good deed that gets punished for many junior faculty.

A trio of UI experts say tobacco company spending and cuts in prevention funding make it difficult to combat lung cancer.

Neuroscientist André Fenton will give a lecture titled “Erasing, Tracing, and Harnessing Memory” at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, in Shambaugh Auditorium in the University of Iowa Main Library.

Steven Armstrong and Julie Holloway lead the UI College of Dentistry's operative dentistry and prosthodontics programs.

Author Nicholson Baker will be an Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor in the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.

The annual Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women presents some of the university's top honors for faculty and staff, as well as scholarships for promising students.