University of Iowa physicist Jasper Halekas discussed new findings about the physics surrounding mini shock waves produced on the moon at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting in San Francisco on Dec. 14. The findings come from NASA’s ARTEMIS mission, of which Halekas is the deputy principal investigator.

Daniel Moore is just the second director of Iowa Percussion in the program’s nearly 60-year history. Recently, he sat down with “Iowa Now” to talk about the highlights of his 20 years with the program.

The Iowa Memorial Union and UI Libraries will host events during finals week to help students recharge between study sessions and make the final push to winter break.

Vice President for Student Life Tom Rocklin has announced he intends to retire in July 2017 after serving the University of Iowa in various capacities for 30 years. “I have been fortunate to have a career doing things that matter to me and working with people I admire,” Rocklin says.

NITE RIDE will now operate on a 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. schedule.

Results for the 2016 Working at Iowa survey show that 92 percent of University of Iowa employees would recommend the university to a friend seeking employment.

The notes might be low, but people's spirits are high whenever Collegium Tubum takes to the steps of Old Capitol come semester's end. For some four decades, the light-hearted Holiday Tubas concert has attracted a crowd of adoring fans.

Nearly all University of Iowa websites now use the same content-management system, Drupal—and using common technology yields a host of benefits, such as cost savings, greater expertise, and sharing custom modules.

The University of Iowa has released its Strategic Plan 2016–21, a streamlined road map with goals, strategies, tasks, and metrics to guide UI decision making over the next five years.

The UI College of Engineering's Automated Vehicle Systems Inc. class is run more like a startup company, and engages students in ways not usually found in typical class work.

On July 1, 2016, Diane Slusarski became departmental executive officer of the University of Iowa Department of Biology. Slusarski is the first woman to lead the department, and she aims to set a new course while being an example of female leadership in a STEM field.

IIHR researchers recently built a 1:16 scale model of part of a new sewer collection system to test and validate the design of various underground tunnels for the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District.