“U.S. News & World Report” has ranked University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital in six specialties in the 2017–18 Best Children’s Hospitals list: No. 20 in neonatology, No. 21 in nephrology, No. 34 in cancer, No. 36 in urology, No. 45 in pulmonology, and No. 48 in cardiology/heart surgery.

Just hours after the first General Assembly of the State of Iowa voted to establish the State University of Iowa in February 1847, a meteorite crashed to the ground in rural Linn County. UI archivist David McCartney shares the story.

The University of Iowa is excited to announce that the dedication of the new Elizabeth Catlett Residence Hall will take place on Friday, July 28. The 12-story residence hall, named for renowned sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett, will be the university’s largest, housing 1,049 students.

University of Iowa researchers have identified a brain region involved in cocaine addiction. The findings could lead to targeted drugs or improved behavioral treatments for substance addiction, including opioid dependency.

A new study from the University of Iowa finds that to the fastest typist go the leadership spoils. The study suggests that the fleet-fingered are more likely to emerge as the leaders of virtual work teams that have members scattered among different offices.

The University of Iowa is allocating $4.9 million to boost faculty pay. The funds will help reach a goal of raising the average faculty salary for full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty to 95 percent of the median of the university’s peer group.

The University of Iowa’s chief diversity officer, associate vice president, and Title IX coordinator Dr. Georgina Dodge has accepted a position as associate provost for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Bucknell University, a private institution in rural Pennsylvania. She also will hold the title of adjunct associate professor of English.

Wellness Ambassadors are champions of wellness around campus and work with liveWELL to inspire healthy activities at a local level. This week, “Iowa Now” highlights two Wellness Ambassadors and the work they do for their departments.

Thomas Laehn decided to apply to law school at the University of Iowa so he could return to his home state, where he knew there was a shortage of attorneys. Even though he also had a job offer in New York City, he’s staying in Iowa.

Thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation, the UI Museum of Natural History is upgrading the storage of its ornithology collection, which features more than 31,000 bird, nest, and egg specimens. Meanwhile, students are getting valuable experience in museum collections management.

University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld discusses how public universities contribute to the continuing democratization of of higher education in the United States.

Two University of Iowa faculty members recently spent time in Ethiopia and Kenya helping entrepreneurs who participated in last year’s Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) develop their businesses.