The University of Iowa’s student-led Dance Marathon raised more than $2.8 million for the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital in its 26th year.

A university search committee has announced the third finalist for vice president for student life.

Nick Bowman, professor of higher education and student affairs at the University of Iowa, has been selected as the new Mary Louise Petersen Chair in Higher Education in the University of Iowa College of Education.

U.S. Navy Capt. Jeffrey D. Quinlan has been named chair and departmental executive officer of the Department of Family Medicine in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. He will begin Oct. 15 after completing a 28-year career in the U.S. Navy.

A seminal study in the 1980s by Bill Field, professor of occupational and environmental health in the College of Public Health, was the first to document the link between radon exposure and health risks, finding a 50% increased risk of lung cancer based on long-term exposure.

Research from Jing Wang and Catherine Cole, marketing professors in the Tippie College of Business, looks at why people have such a hard time getting rid of their possessions and how that may be affected by loneliness.

The Des Moines area is seeing a warehouse building boom, and Barret Thomas, professor of business analytics in the Tippie College of Business, attributes that to the growth of e-commerce, as more warehouse space is needed to transfer and store merchandise that's been shipped cross-country.

A study by Paul Romitti, professor of epidemiology in the College of Public Health, finds that babies whose mothers smoked marijuana while pregnant are more apt to have low birth weight and slow early childhood development.

A team including University of Iowa biologists has identified the molecular receptors that cause hearing loss. In experiments with mice, the team successfully used a drug that prevented hearing damage while still allowing the mice to hear.

A university search committee has announced the second finalist for vice president for student life.

Increased understanding of the underlying causes of violence syndemics—clusters of related epidemics that can include experiences such as childhood trauma—raises questions about how health can improve if such traumas are prevented.

A university search committee has announced the first finalist for vice president for student life.