A university search committee has announced the third finalist for the next dean of the College of Engineering.

University of Iowa researchers report the spacecraft Voyager 2 has reached interstellar space, following Voyager 1’s historic passage six years ago. In the study, the researchers note a jump in plasma density detected by an Iowa-led plasma wave instrument on the spacecraft as evidence.

The university is leaving the decision to cancel class on the night of the Iowa presidential caucuses to individual faculty members, who are in the best position to determine whether canceling class or excusing a student’s absence will have a negative impact on student learning.

The University of Iowa Threat Assessment Program is dedicated to early identification, assessment, and management of incidents and behaviors that threaten the safety and well-being of the university community.

A university search committee has announced the second finalist for the next dean of the College of Engineering.

Thanks to a nearly $1-million-dollar federal grant received by the University of Iowa College of Education, individuals who are deaf or with hearing loss will be able to receive services from vocational rehabilitation counselors who speak American Sign Language (ASL).

A University of Iowa-led study has found that a series of Southern California earthquakes last summer increased stress on the Garlock Fault, which has been dormant for at least a century. The results were published in the journal “Geophysical Research Letters.”

Angie Reams has been appointed the University of Iowa’s associate vice president and dean of students.

University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld joined university administrators and faculty to visit the childhood home in Mount Pleasant of James Van Allen, the legendary Iowa physicist who discovered the radiation belts around Earth. Van Allen's home is now a museum dedicated to the scientist's accomplishments.

Kevin T. Pitts, vice provost for undergraduate education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will visit campus Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 29 and 30.

The University of Iowa is often regarded as “the Writing University” because of its world-renowned Iowa Writers’ Workshop, but an appreciation and commitment to great writing is evident across the entire UI campus—including the Carver College of Medicine.

Study by a professor in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine shows that social workers suggest age 12 might be a safe time for many children to be left home alone.