Six-year-old Stella Turnbull has spinal muscular atrophy, a condition that significantly weakens all of her muscles. When she was diagnosed at 1 month of age, her doctors didn't expect her to live. Her parents turned to UI Children's Hospital, where doctors created the proper treatment regimen.

The University of Iowa is seeking to become a Blue Zones Worksite, and the last piece of the puzzle is a personal pledge from at least 25 percent of our employees to commit to at least one healthy behavioral change.

A study by University of Iowa psychiatry professor Nancy Andreasen uses brain scans to document how schizophrenia impacts brain tissue as well as the effects of anti-psychotic drugs on those who have relapses.

Priya Pennathur, assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, has received $671,951 for a three-year research project from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, to understand and model how health care providers create, use, and transform health information in their work.

UI College of Engineering alumnus Lou Licht talks about the success of his business, Ecolotree, which plants trees to absorb leachates from landfills and other polluted sites all over the country.

UI May 2013 graduate Sarah Petitt shares her experiences as a summer intern for the UI Huntington's Disease Society of America Center for Excellence and how it inspired her to become an advocate for those who have this incurable neurodegenerative disease.

Get a sneak preview into a powerful new imaging device to arrive at the University of Iowa this fall. Speakers at a symposium on Thursday, Sept. 12 will describe the 7 Tesla's research capabilities and uses. The UI will be one of only about 20 research institutes with the instrument.

The UI’s Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities (IISC) and the City of Muscatine are launching a partnership focusing on key projects for the city’s long-term sustainability. Students in art, business, engineering, public health, rhetoric, and urban planning will work under the direction of UI faculty and Muscatine leaders.

UI engineering professor Ibrahim Ozbolat describes how researchers are making progress towards creating human organs with techniques such as 3D printing, using the patient’s own cells for ink.

UI Pharmaceuticals has landed a deal to manufacture a commercial drug for the U.S. market after UI pharmacists found the right mixing order for the drug to be produced at mass scale.

University of Iowa Student Health and Wellness has achieved another three year accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, earning recognition for providing the highest quality care.

University of Iowa psychiatry professor Nancy Andreasen has published a study using brain scans to document the effects of schizophrenia on brain tissue. The findings may help doctors better understand the origin of the illness and the best ways to treat it.