Alliant Energy wants more drivers to consider buying electric vehicles in order to decrease greenhouse-gas emissions and is turning to business students at the University of Iowa and other Iowa universities for help.

Setting aside that parking spot right next to the office door for a company’s top performer might be one of the easiest things an employer can do to improve individual and team performance, according to a new study from the University of Iowa.

Weather and ground conditions permitting, UI Landscape Services crews will conduct a controlled burn on the south side of the State Hygienic Laboratory, UI Research Park Campus, on Sunday, April 3, beginning at approximately 1 p.m.

A data-driven method for helping farmers decide what seed varieties to plant has landed a University of Iowa team of analytics experts in the finals of an international agricultural-management competition.

University of Iowa researchers are traveling to Iceland to better understand sand dunes found all over the planet Mars. They hope the Iceland site will show how Martian sands have changed, which could yield more clues about Mars's geological history and the possibility of discovering microbial life entombed there.

"2016 Cancer in Iowa," a report released March 30, predicts an estimated 16,600 new cancers will be diagnosed this year among Iowa residents.

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

Tucked into the basement of the University of Iowa’s Seamans Center is the Engineering Machine Shop, a high-tech workshop where students provide consulting, design, prototyping, and fabrication services to faculty, staff, and peers at the UI.

"Forbes" magazine has once again rated University of Iowa Health Care as one of the best places to work in the U.S. UIHC was named the No. 7 employer overall and the No. 1 employer in the health care industry category across the country.

According to President Harreld, the key to the University of Iowa's success is our passion for experimentation. From missions of exploration in the 19th century to inaugurating innovative new degrees in the 20th to pioneering advanced simulation techniques in the 21st, the UI is always renewing its vision.

Upcoming changes to the Iowa Courses Online (ICON) system will add many new digital learning opportunities and practical functions for faculty and students, including a "what-if grade analysis."

A University of Iowa economist is studying how obesity rates are affected in communities where restaurants publish the calorie counts of the food they serve, an effort that is part of a broader campaign to reduce the number of Americans who are overweight.