The University of Iowa Vietnamese Student Association celebrated the Lunar New Year with everything from a fashion show to traditional delicious food Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012.

How many students across the state and nation annually take the Iowa Assessments, formerly the Iowa Test of Basic Skills? Rather than make you fill in the appropriate oval, we'll just tell you the answer...

Organizations large and small aren't particularly good at handling change, particularly around the topic of sustainability. Sara Rynes-Weller wants her students to think differently.

While some UI students were planting trees in Costa Rica to create a more sustainable future, other students were planting college dreams with elementary students in Chicago over spring break.

The University of Iowa Off Campus Housing Service and the City of Iowa City are presenting an Off Campus Housing Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, March 22, in the Iowa Memorial Union Main Lounge.

The University of Iowa's Touch the Earth Program will hold its annual Outdoor Expo and Gear Swap from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 31 at the Outdoor Rental Center.

Over the last few years, alumna and former nurse Donna Glee Reim has showed up in some big-name films, putting her nursing experience to work in some unexpected ways.

Critics have difficulty labeling what University of Iowa School of Music alumnus Rinde Eckert does, but they agree that he does it very well. Recording Academy voters concurred this year, awarding him and the chamber ensemble eighth blackbird a Grammy for Best Small Ensemble Performance.

While Sarah Gardial's rock 'n' roll dreams likely won't be realized, she's OK with her new reality. Gardial will become dean of the Tippie College of Business on July 1—the first woman to hold the UI business school's top post.

Legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus says golf is 90 percent mental. That’s why University of Iowa head women's golf coach Megan Menzel has the Hawkeyes continually focus on their mental toughness.

New species may encourage a chain reaction of biodiversity. University of Iowa assistant professor of biology Andrew Forbes has received a three-year, $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate the origins of biodiversity.

Researchers at the University of Iowa College of Public Health found the antibiotic-resistant bacterium—which causes some 185,000 cases of food poisoning each year—in about 7 percent of pork products tested.