Stephen A. Wynn has made a $25 million gift commitment to the University of Iowa to support the UI’s Institute for Vision Research. The gift, which was announced at today’s meeting of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa held in Ames, will be used to accelerate progress toward cures for rare, inherited retinal diseases.

In a new study, published online Aug. 8 in the journal Science, a University of Iowa team led by Kevin Campbell, Ph.D., has pinpointed not just one, but three proteins that are required for constructing a key, early section of a critical sugar chain. Mutations affecting any one of these three proteins can cause congenital muscular dystrophies in humans.

The construction of dams and other manmade structures introduced over the years has made it difficult if not impossible to link frequent flooding in Texas to climate change.

If you had one thousand pounds of river trash, what would you build? To anyone but David Williamson, the question posed by an Iowa Department of Natural Resources employee might have sounded absurd. But for the sculptor and recycling enthusiast, it sounded like a promising opportunity.

NanoMedTrix, a 1-year-old Coralville firm based upon University of Iowa research that may one day save lives by helping physicians identify bladder and colon cancers at early stages of development, recently received a grant that is the first of its kind.

The AT&T National Diving Championships will be held at the University of Iowa Campus Recreation and Wellness Center Tuesday, Aug. 13 to Sunday, Aug. 18.

J.T. Timmons joined the University of Iowa as director of Recreational Services July 29.

David Bills, associate dean for academic affairs and graduate programs in the College of Education, recently returned from the Social Science Research Center-Berlin—the same unit he worked with in 2003 while on his Fulbright Scholarship—where he continues to collaborate with scholars on multiple research projects.

For the millions who will step onto the University of Iowa campus in the years to come, their visits will be made richer because of a man whose time with us was far too short.

All University of Iowa Recreational Services facilities—including the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center and the Field House—will be closed from noon Wednesday, Aug. 21 to noon Thursday, Aug. 22.

A University of Iowa College of Law alumna and student help military veterans navigate the legal system to receive benefits for their service and sacrifice.

Iowa City Police continue to follow leads in the reported armed robbery of a cab driver at 10:05 p.m. Sunday near Melrose Avenue and Samoa Drive but said Monday morning that they don't believe the situation presents any further safety threat for the area.