The University of Iowa has been named one of the top universities in the United States and the world in a ranking by the Times of London’s higher education supplement.

At the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) research center, more than 40 faculty, staff, and students use a 93-ton moon-lander-looking machine and a variety of vehicle cabs to study the way people drive. This test rig—called NADS-1—rides on seven belts (six on the x-axis, one on the y). All in, this costs about $80 million, but it allows researchers to perfect today's...

National Advanced Driving Simulator Director Daniel McGehee made recommendations for human subjects testing in driving research for the COVID-19 era to the Transportation Research Board during its mid-year meeting earlier this month. How to keep people safe in driving research—in both simulators and on-road vehicles—is not something that has been widely shared or standardized in the research...

Chosen from thousands of applicants from colleges and universities across the U.S., eight University of Iowa undergraduates were awarded the competitive Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

The American Academy of Nursing officially designated five prominent nurse leaders as Living Legends—the Academy's highest honor. Among the five honorees is UI College of Nursing Professor Emeritus Kathleen (Kitty) Buckwalter.

The American Academy of Nursing recently announced its selection of 230 highly distinguished nurse leaders as part of its 2020 Class of Academy Fellows. Among this extraordinary group of new fellows are University of Iowa College of Nursing faculty member Barbara St. Marie and University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics’ Chief Nursing Officer Cindy Dawson.

Theresa Brennan, chief medical officer of UI Hospitals & Clinics, weighs in on the risks associated with fall activities and provides tips on how you can stay safe while COVID-19 is still a concern.

On Sept. 21, 2020, faculty, staff, and postdoctoral scholars and fellows will receive a link for the 2020 Campus Climate Survey.

The switch to online courses last spring allowed some faculty to try new pedagogical methods, which they say may remain once all classes return to in-person instruction.

The University of Iowa is listed 34th in the latest rankings of the nation’s public universities published by “U.S. News & World Report,” the same position as last year.

The University of Iowa’s Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (Iowa JPEC) is the co-recipient of a $100,000 grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City to expand entrepreneurial education training in the state.

A study by Corinne Peek-Asa in the College of Public Health finds that farmers who are injured on the job take an hour longer to get to a trauma center because of the isolation of their jobs and distance EMTs must travel.