The Johnson County Sexual Assault Response Team (JCSART) Fund—which was established last fall by local health-care providers and other generous donors with gifts made through the University of Iowa Foundation—helps support the JCSART, one of many resources that can help lessen trauma for sexual assault victims and survivors.

The University of Iowa announces a series of media availabilities with UI President Sally Mason, with the first availability Thursday, July 10, from 10 to 10:30 a.m. at 101 Jessup Hall on the UI campus. Journalists are welcome to attend and should RSVP to UI spokesperson Tom Moore.

A new UI study reports a potential link between stress hormones and short-term memory loss in older adults. The study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, reveals that having high levels of cortisol—a natural hormone in our body whose levels surge when we are stressed—can lead to memory lapses as we age.

The University of Iowa's Office of Sustainability will host a “Solar Works for Iowa” event Friday, June 20, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the UI’s solar electric vehicle charging station, located outside the Madison Street Services Building, 640 S. Madison St, Iowa City.

A study by University of Iowa researchers confirms that pathological gambling runs in families and shows that first-degree relatives of pathological gamblers are eight times more likely to develop this problem in their lifetime than relatives of people without pathological gambling.

The University Archives’ online campus maps collection in the Iowa Digital Library reveals perspectives that shed light on campus features that have endured or are long gone.

Very-low-birth-weight babies who undergo major surgery appear to have an increased risk of death or subsequent neurodevelopmental impairment, according to a new study published June 16 in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.

University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who's making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.

Thanks to a generous award from the Student Technology Fund, composition students in the University of Iowa School of Music have been able to lay the necessary foundation for the school’s laptop orchestra. The students have created hemisphere speakers for their performances, and the composers are finding themselves on the stage for more than just taking a bow post-performance.

Pamela Keel, a nationally recognized expert on eating disorders, will deliver two public lectures during a visit to the UI campus June 24 and 25. Keel's visit is co-sponsored by the Obesity Research and Educational Initiative and the Department of Psychiatry in the UI Carver College of Medicine.

For Rob Nelson, working side-by-side with his sons on the new UI Children's Hospital has special meaning: "I wouldn't have my family if it wasn't for that hospital."

Teachers, parents, and service providers are among 30 participants who plan to attend the University of Iowa College of Education's Assistive Technology Summer Institute June 18 and 19 in Red Oak, Iowa. Hosted by the college's Iowa Center for Assistive Technology Education and Research, the institute provides hands-on learning opportunities to use assistive technology products in classroom...