UI senior Peige Zhou studies biomedical engineering, plays in the symphony, and spends weekends juggling on the Pentacrest. She encourages other students to find a similar mix of interests in this profile from the Office of Admissions.

Dance Marathon has become the University of Iowa's largest student organization, this year raising $1.3 million to support pediatric patients and their families. Student video producers from the Office of Admissions provide an up-close look at the annual big event.

College of Dentistry investigators are studying how nanoscience techniques may help bone and soft tissue adhere to medical devices, potentially making for better implants.

The Iowa Ladies' Football Academy gives participants a chance to learn the game from some of the best coaches and players in the country, all while supporting the University of Iowa Children's Hospital.

Senior Erica Miller has spent the past four years working for the Office of Admissions and the past three years as a Hawkeye Host, helping the Iowa football program welcome visiting recruits on Saturdays in the fall. She has built an encyclopedic knowledge of the university, which she says has built a strong sense of pride.

It's pretty rare when a person gets two chances to live out a childhood dream. Recently hired assistant men's golf coach Dan Holterhaus is doing just that at the University of Iowa.

Postdoctoral scholar Lei Chen hopes to help synthesize potential cancer-fighting molecules from sponges that live in the southwest Pacific.

The UI men's basketball team has been enjoying a nice run the last few weeks, and REACH student Danny Tyson is enjoying the experience right along with the Hawkeyes.

College of Public Health alumna and epidemiologist Melissa Gutierrez is taking pediatric asthma care directly to families on Chicago's west side.

Fossils from an Ice Age giant short-faced bear are now on display at the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History. The short-faced bear bones are displayed in a special temporary exhibit.

University researchers who need to know about their human subjects’ body composition can now make use of the latest technology—the BOD POD. And the general public may soon be able to use it, too.

Almost all UI faculty and staff know what the Herdbook is (the university directory); how it became known as the Herdbook isn't common knowledge. Kelli Andresen attempts to wrangle the answer.