A new study from a University of Iowa researcher finds that state borders matter when it comes to developing innovative businesses. The three most important components of an innovative economy? Significant private venture-capital funding, government funding, and robust research universities.

Meet Hannah Gulick, an undergraduate from Spirit Lake, Iowa, whose passion for astronomy is leaving a mark on the UI campus—and the galaxy.

Kenneth P. Kates, University of Iowa Health Care associate vice president and UI Hospitals and Clinics CEO, has announced his intention to retire in summer 2018.

University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld welcomes the UI community back to campus while considering what past struggles at Iowa can teach us about the present and future.

The Chief Diversity Office outlined four priorities for the coming year at the office's annual Update on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on Jan. 17.

Fellows in the Obermann Graduate Institute on Engagement and the Academy explore how public engagement can enhance teaching, research, and creative work.

The University of Iowa’s assistant vice president and dean of students, Lyn Redington, has accepted a position as vice president for student life at Idaho State University.

Researchers with IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering and the Iowa Flood Center have identified three distinct clusters of “atmospheric rivers,” a step that could improve severe weather prediction and emergency preparation.

Martin Gallardo wanted to make dietary changes, and he wanted to stick to them. Through liveWELL’s health coach service, he found what he was looking for, and he wants to share his experiences with fellow UI faculty and staff.

The University of Iowa has a new sandbox—and it’s used to explain gravity. Undergraduates in the Department of Physics and Astronomy designed and built an augmented-reality sandbox where users can design their own universe and then watch how gravity affects an object as it travels through the imagined environment.

UI archivist David McCartney discusses the significance of papers donated to the University of Iowa by civil rights advocate Eric Morton who, along with a UI student, worked to register African Americans to vote in the 1960s. Several documents from the collections are on display at the Coralville Public Library.

The 45-year-old former Marine decided six years ago to get a college degree. After transferring from a community college to the University of Iowa, the Iowa native is on track to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in geosciences in May 2019.