Chris Jones, a research scientist in the College of Engineering, was interested in reducing or eliminating his blood pressure medication through lifestyle changes. He enlisted the help of liveWELL health coach Ilona Lichty and with her guidance was able to reduce his medication dosage.

The University of Iowa also has 24 colleges and graduate programs listed among the 25 best in the nation, according to the latest rankings released Tuesday from “U.S. News & World Report.”

The UI College of Nursing’s response to their 2012 Working at Iowa survey results has paid off: The college saw a 10-point increase in agreement with the statement “Individuals in my unit are civil and respectful to each other,” from 78 percent in 2012 to 88 percent in 2016.

The annual “Cancer in Iowa” report issued by the State Health Registry of Iowa, based at the University of Iowa College of Public Health, will be released March 22 at a 10 a.m. presentation. After formal remarks and a Q&A session, the presenters will be available for one-on-one interviews.

The search committee to name a new University of Iowa vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine has hired a search firm.

The University of Iowa is one of only four schools in the United States to receive the prestigious 2017 Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization by NAFSA: Association of International Educators.

Students from the University of Iowa’s Marketing Institute, part of the Tippie College of Business, have teamed up with the city of Maquoketa to boost tourism in the eastern Iowa community. It’s a win-win: Maquoketa gets more visitors, and the UI students get real-world marketing experience.

Researchers at the University of Iowa have proposed a new approach to sampling materials with weak or no magnetic fields. The method could help advance research in a host of fields, from computing to MRI machines. The results were published in the journal “Physical Review Letters.”

Many people know that Al Jarreau and Simon Estes are alumni of the University of Iowa, but can you imagine the two luminaries being on the same concert bill? UI archivist David McCartney looks back at the evening they performed on campus.

Iowa KidSight, a partnership between University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital and Lions Club volunteers across the state, screens young children for vision issues including farsightedness, nearsightedness, differences in refractive errors, astigmatism, things inside the eye (such as cataracts), and muscle imbalances.

University of Iowa and University of Miami researchers have a identified a compound that may help protect brain cells during a stroke and help the brain heal after the event.

Hancher Auditorium will shortly become a visual arts gallery filled with works by the youth of Iowa City, Coralville, Hills, and North Liberty. The Hancher Guild Youth Art Show, held annually until floodwaters destroyed the original Hancher Auditorium in 2008, returns to the University of Iowa campus on March 6.