The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has awarded the University of Iowa Environmental Health Sciences Research Center a five-year, $7.9 million grant to continue investigating environmental health effects arising from rural and agricultural exposures and serving as a primary environmental health resource.

With just weeks left before schools let out for the summer, doctors and safety experts at University of Iowa Children's Hospital are encouraging a "safety first" approach to outside activities.

Sixty volunteers helped out with a 10-day archaeological dig this past March and April just outside of South Amana, making a significant contribution to our understanding of Meskwaki life around 1840 (and having fun in the process).

Meet Chaden Djalali, the new dean of the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, beginning Aug. 15.

Scientists at the University of Iowa are studying brain development in adolescent children who have a genetic risk for developing alcohol use-related problems due to having a family history of alcoholism.

The legacy of the late historian and human rights champion Ken Cmiel continues to live on through the work done by University of Iowa students. The UI Center for Human Rights has awarded seven students a total of $7,500 to support their internships for human rights organizations in the United States or internationally in the summer of 2012.

Children and families are invited to learn about turtles and tortoises during Storytime Explorers, sponsored by the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History, at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 20. The program, which will conclude the semester-long series, is geared for elementary-school aged children.

Justin Austin is going home—for the weekend, anyway. The UI junior and Wisconsin native begins defense of his 200-meter title this weekend at the 2012 Big Ten Outdoor Championships in Madison, Wis.

The trip across the stage to collect her diploma will be the shortest leg on the journey so far for Stephanie Lukas.

The American Society of Human Genetics has elected Jeffrey C. Murray, M.D., professor of pediatrics, epidemiology, nursing, and biological sciences at the University of Iowa, to serve as the society's president starting Jan. 1, 2013.

The Iowa Summer Rep 2012 season promises to bring out everyone's inner detective.

What should science look like in our schools? University of Iowa Professor Brian Hand will discuss the problem and potential solutions Thursday, May 17, at 7 p.m. in the UI Museum of Natural History's Biosphere Discovery Hub. The event is free and open to the public.