The University of Iowa will honor six members of the armed forces for exceptional service to their country and the Hawkeye community on Wednesday, Nov. 15.

UI students studying abroad and international students in Iowa City have had their photos selected for the 2017 International Programs Annual Photo Contest as part of International Education Week. The UI was also one of only four U.S. schools to receive the 2017 Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization.

Even when University of Iowa dance faculty work with students outside the classroom, they still find teaching moments.

University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students have been named to the search committee to replace Sean O’Harrow, former director of the University of Iowa Museum of Art.

A commemorative plaque and stone dedicated to the victims of the Nov. 1, 1991, shootings is in place on the Pentacrest. The memorial was installed on Oct. 30, 2017.

Online communities designed to help smokers quit are effective, especially if the person is an active participant, according to a new study from the University of Iowa.

After reading the book “Hidden Figures,” UI mathematics professor Cynthia Farthing created a course to teach students about women’s contributions to science and technology, and to encourage them to advocate for gender equality in the workplace.

Installations and Interactive Performance, a course cross-listed in the University of Iowa’s theater and dance departments, attracts students from different disciplines, teaches new ways of telling stories and engaging audiences, and does it all with help from some new technology.

Michael Abràmoff, a University of Iowa physician and scientist who successfully developed new technology to enhance the detection of eye disease in people affected by diabetes, will participate in two Congressional briefings on Wednesday, Oct. 25.

UI staff member Stephanie Preschel discovered useful techniques to deal with the chaos of everyday life through a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course. Learn more about her experience—and how liveWELL was able to assist—on Iowa Now.

University of Iowa researchers have found that certain roundworms can preemptively prepare a defense system that protects their cells from damage. The finding could lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases in humans caused by damaged cells.

After an extensive national search, the University of Iowa has named J. Brooks Jackson vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.