A high performance rural health care system, incorporating principles of affordability, accessibility, community focus, high quality, and patient centeredness, could be built upon existing rural primary care services, according to new policy paper from the Rural Policy Research Institute Health Panel.

The Iowa Board of Regents has approved a new master’s program that will allow those who want to learn more about the legal system do so without becoming an attorney.

The Iowa Board of Regents on Wednesday approved a third consecutive year of freezing tuition for resident undergraduate students at the University of Iowa. The Regents also voted to increase tuition for nonresident undergraduates and graduate students attending the UI by 1.75 percent.

The Iowa Board of Regents on Wednesday approved interim appointments to oversee the University of Iowa's finances and key administrative responsibilities, in the wake of the impending retirement of UI senior financial officer Doug True.

A University of Iowa study provides a deeper understanding of how the cancer-causing KRAS gene turns off tumor suppressor genes, and identifies a key enzyme in the process. The findings suggest that this enzyme, known as TET1, may be an important target for cancer diagnostics and treatment.

Hancher favorite Danú will share the joy of the holiday season the Irish way Wednesday, Dec. 10 at the Englert Theatre.

Frustrated with flash cards and textbooks, these then-UI students designed an app to help dental and nursing students study for the most important test of their professional lives.

Three University of Iowa faculty members have been awarded the distinction of 2014 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.

A portion of Burlington Street in Iowa City will be closed on Tuesday, Dec. 2, and the North-South section of Front Street will be closed from 8 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2 until mid-morning Wednesday, Dec. 3.

Iowa City’s New Horizons Band is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The band, a joint effort between the Iowa City community and the University of Iowa College of Education, provides adults ages 55 and older the opportunity to learn a musical instrument and play in a band or ensemble.

Studio director Jon Winet and UI history student Ethan DeGross will share their work in, “A Field Report from the ‘Studio:’ Public Digital Arts and Humanities Research at the University of Iowa,” from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16, at the UI John and Mary Pappajohn Education Center in Des Moines.

"The Student Experience" showcases University of Iowa students who excel academically—inside and outside the classroom. This installment features Tyler Hackman, a first-generation college student from Lawler, Iowa, who is pursuing a double major in marketing and management.