A team of University of Iowa engineers recently spent a day on the Mississippi River collecting core samples in an effort to learn more about the river. Iowa Now tagged along to take pictures of the process.

Attendance for the current University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA) loan exhibition, "Jackson Pollock Mural," is on pace to become the best-attended art exhibition in the museum's history. The exhibition is open to the public free of charge at the Des Moines Art Center.

Works from the Community Stories Writing Workshop (CSWW) at the Iowa City Shelter House will be read at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 31, in Prairie Lights Books and live on the University of Iowa's www.writinguniversity website.

Twenty young innovators from across the Hawkeye State came together on the University of Iowa campus to share their creations at Invent Iowa, the state’s oldest STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) outreach initiative.

University of Iowa faculty member Vinit Mahajan discusses how a modified procedure for retinal surgery on infants and young children can be safer, reduce the possibility of injury, and shorten recovery time.

'The Latehomecomer: a Hmong Family Memoir' by Kao Kalia Yang is this year’s book choice for the One Community, One Book annual reading program, sponsored by the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) in International Programs.

The second of three finalists for the University of Iowa vice president for research and economic development position will participate in a public forum 3 p.m. Thursday, May 24, in the Illinois Room of the Iowa Memorial Union.

University of Iowa professors Bill Field, Michael O’Hara, and Rachel Williams have been honored for their service to the university and the state of Iowa.

An image created by University of Iowa neuroscientist Li-Hsien Lin, Ph.D., was one of 10 winning entries of Bio-Art, the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology's first-ever biomedical image competition.

As Macs become more popular with computer users, they also attract more attention from cyber-criminals. Don't buy into the myth that Macs can't get viruses; do buy into security measures offered by Information Technology Services.

Susannah Wood’s students describe her teaching style as “enthusiastic, informative, passionate, reflective, and encouraging.” Those qualities have earned Wood, a University of Iowa associate professor, the UI College of Education’s 2011-12 Collegiate Teaching Award.

The UI golf teams have had to endure cold temperatures, snow, and damp springs during their preparations. The new Varsity Golf Complex at Finkbine, currently under construction, will change all that.