The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a $4.2 million grant to the University of Iowa over five years to continue the Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) in the College of Public Health.

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics is listed among the nation’s best hospitals in six adult care specialties, according to 2019–20 rankings released by “U.S. News & World Report.”

A University of Iowa study shows that parents can help their kids be safer drivers by having conversations with them about it.

Entrepreneurs from Africa who are attending the six-week Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) at the University of Iowa this summer recently visited the Quad Cities to see two icons of America—the Mississippi River and John Deere.

Jeremy Greenlee, of the University of Iowa Department of Neurosurgery, received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers on July 25 in Washington, D.C. The PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginning their research careers.

A team of University of Iowa alumnae that includes Algonquin, Iowa, native Genevieve Goelz has received a $10,000 prize for a bra they designed as an engineering class project that provides breast cancer survivors both support and relief from lymphedema pain after a single mastectomy.

A study from the University of Iowa College of Public Health finds that people who may have a healthy weight according to the body mass index (BMI) may actually have obesity-related health issues, which could be revealed by considering the person's waist circumference.

A study from the University of Iowa College of Public Health finds that the amount of time Americans spend exercising is little changed over the last 10 years, which isn't positive because Americans weren't exercising enough 10 years ago.

One hundred years ago, violent race riots rocked Chicago. Two recently published books explore the the underpinnings of law enforcement’s relationship with the black population, the false promises Chicago held for new settlers escaping the South and the questions from the race riot that still haunts the city today.

A new study from the University of Iowa published in the “Journal of the American Medical Association” finds that some people considered to be a normal weight could unknowingly be at high risk for obesity-related health issues.

A team of biomedical engineers who designed a bra as University of Iowa students that helps breast cancer survivors with lymphedema won a $10,000 prize from Victoria’s Secret that will help them commercialize the garment.

Gregory Shill, University of Iowa law associate professor of law, argues that the automobile took over because the legal system helped squeeze out the alternatives.