If rocks could talk, two big ones on the Pentacrest would have plenty to say. Iowa City historian Paul Juhl takes a look at the origins of the two boulders that flank the sidewalk leading up to the east steps of Old Capitol.

The University of Iowa Afro-Cuban Drum and Dance Ensemble will perform at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 9, in the Space Place Theatre of North Hall on the UI campus. The performance is free and open to the public.

The University of Iowa Mock Trial team (UIMT) organized and competed in its annual home-turf tournament, the Cornshucker Challenge Nov. 17-18.

Auditions for the 2013 Ten Minute Play Festival, presented by the University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts, will be held from noon to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, in 206 Theatre Building.

The Electronic Music Studios, housed within the University of Iowa School of Music, will present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, in 101 Becker Communication Studies Building on the UI campus.

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History completes its fall series “Storytime Adventures” on Sunday, Dec. 16, at 3 p.m. with readings about dinosaurs.

Researchers at the University of Iowa have explained how infants learn by looking, and the crucial role these activities play in how infants gain knowledge. Their computer model of babies aged 6 weeks to one year shows how infants use looking to create knowledge and to sear that knowledge into memory. The model also explains how infants' looking and learning changes as they develop. Results appear...

A University of Iowa study suggests that cancer cells are more resistant than normal cells to the powerful fluid forces found in the bloodstream. This resistance to fluid shear stress could provide a biomarker to improve detection and monitoring of circulating cancer cells in blood.

The Get to Know series asks University of Iowa faculty and staff a few questions about their work and their outside interests. Today we visit with regulatory research support specialist Jessica McConnell.

Buildings and statues constructed of limestone can be protected from many of the effects of environmental degradation by applying a thin, single layer of a water-resistant coating, according to University of Iowa researchers and their Cardiff (U.K.) University colleagues. The paper is published in "Scientific Reports," a new online, open access journal from the publishers of "Nature."

The complete work of one of the University of Iowa’s famous alumni has found its home in the University of Iowa Special Collections and University Archives.

Iowa is one of only three states with an all-male Supreme Court, but a new study from the University of Iowa College of Law suggests more diversity can be achieved with a few tweaks to the state’s lauded merit selection system.