The leaders of University of Iowa Health Care and Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids today, Wednesday, April 4, jointly announced plans to collaborate on the design and development of a new nonprofit health care organization that will enhance the health of communities in the Corridor and beyond.

After almost three years at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa, the UI Museum of Art's Mural by world-renowned artist Jackson Pollock will debut in central Iowa at the Des Moines Art Center. Iowa Now caught up with the crew on moving day.

People with tinnitus may be eligible to participate in a University of Iowa study examining a method for testing tinnitus.

The University of Iowa is well-represented on the 2012 Big Ten Winter Academic All-Conference team.

The University of Iowa field hockey team's 2012 spring season has a bit more international flair than usual, as four UI standouts are competing for respective national teams around the globe.

Three faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have been appointed as named professors and fellows.

MusicIC 2012, Iowa City’s summer classical music festival, returns for a second year with a week-long series of concerts and other events June 10-16. This year’s festival includes more musicians, a concert and scavenger hunt for families, and an ambitious attempt to theatricalize one of the concerts.

The University of Iowa Center for New Music will host the Third Annual Composition Festival, an event of the Exchange of Midwestern Collegiate Composers (EMCC), with four free public concerts Friday, April 13, and Saturday, April 14.

City of the Big Shoulders: An Anthology of Chicago Poetry is now available from the University of Iowa Press.

The Midwest Melanoma Partnership, an initiative to advance melanoma research and improve care for patients with melanoma, was launched this month by a group of physicians, researchers, and patient advocates following a meeting at the University of Iowa.

An ingrained commitment to strong forestry practices and opportunities for students has earned the UI renewed recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation.

Actuaries are expected to be in demand in coming years. But what do actuaries do? Beyond something that involves math and insurance, explanations always seem mysterious and bizarre, something that only other practitioners of actuarial science can really understand.