The International Writing Program has announced the University of Iowa’s first creative writing MOOC (Massive Open Online Course): How Writers Write Poetry, now open for enrollment. The free course runs June 28-Aug. 9 and will include discussions and workshops.

Diana Burke Cain dropped out of college twice. A University of Iowa professor of English kindled in her the drive and confidence she needed to finish her degree—and embark on a successful career as a teacher.

See a roundup of recent University of Iowa activities, research, public engagement, and campus life in Iowa Now Minute.

PhD candidate Eliot Shearer, M.D. and his colleagues discuss the OtoSCOPE, an innovative new testing platform that can scan all the genes in the time it would normally take to examine one gene.

The University of Iowa Mobile Museum will be open to the public from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15, in the pedestrian plaza north of the UI Main Library.

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

The Iowa AP Index, developed 10 years ago by the UI College of Education's Belin Blank Center, assesses Advanced Placement (AP) participation among accredited public and nonpublic schools in Iowa. The index is part of the center’s efforts to recognize Iowa schools that provide challenging academic opportunities for high school students.

In this video feature Urbandale native Michelle Sullivan talks about her biology major at Iowa, the research opportunities she's had through Honors at Iowa, and how the dance minor complemented her scientific training.

The University of Iowa College of Law and Coe College in Cedar Rapids have entered into an agreement that will allow undergraduate students at Coe to earn both their bachelor’s and law degrees in six years.

The 1996 Indy 500 winner will use this year's run as a chance to raise awareness and funding for vision research at the University of Iowa.

The University of Iowa Department of Public Safety will extend Nite Ride service hours during finals week.

A new study from the University of Iowa reports Iowa's air quality falls within government guidelines for cleanliness, based on data gathered at five locations statewide. The study analyzed air quality and pollution sources in the state and is the first to compare air quality in urban versus rural areas. Results appear in the journal Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts.