A University of Iowa initiative called Tiny Trash encourages recycling and reduces waste on campus. More than 2,000 faculty and staff in 18 buildings have joined the effort, which ties into the UI’s goal to divert 60 percent of campus-generated waste to recycling by the year 2020.

Mark Wiesner has spent decades studying the potentially harmful effects of manufactured nanomaterials on the environment. His passion for protecting the planet was nurtured at the University of Iowa College of Engineering, where he worked alongside mentors who introduced him to environmental fieldwork and research.

Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

The number of children in the United States diagnosed with autism may be significantly higher than previously thought, information that could lead to a reconsideration of how health care resources are allocated, according to a new University of Iowa analysis published in the “Journal of the American Medical Association” (“JAMA”).

The Iowa Neuroscience Institute is primed to make discoveries about humans’ most complex organ—and end debilitating diseases.

The University of Iowa has identified and reported to the state unauthorized transactions by a faculty member.

Joel Bolger graduated from the UI College of Law in 1978 and later took his first job in Alaska as a volunteer attorney. Now, after years of varied legal practice, he’s the only judge to have been appointed to all four levels of the Alaska court system.

Engineering students test their design and problem-solving abilities with a real-world waste water improvement project in Lake Delhi, a small Iowa community that was hit hard by flooding in 2010.

UI President J. Bruce Harreld remarks on the achievements of the fall 2017 graduate class and the necessity of continuing to provide the high-quality education they received.

From 1921 to 1933, the founding director of the University of Iowa’s IIHR–Hydroscience and Engineering chronicled the institute’s beginnings in his journals, which recently were purchased at auction and donated to the University of Iowa. UI archivist David McCartney discusses the acquisition.

A new online class being taught this fall at the University of Iowa Microfabrication Facility allows students from across the country to participate in laboratory experiments and exercises in real time via state-of-the-art instrumentation.

A class of marketing students in the Tippie College of Business is working with Pancheros Mexican Grill restaurants to develop ideas for its next chain-wide marketing campaign.