Three companies with ties to the University of Iowa have obtained funding from the state to expand their businesses, create jobs, and further develop their products. The companies, Memcine Pharmaceuticals, Inc., NanoMedtrix, LLC, and Iowa Approach, LLC were awarded direct financial assistance from the Iowa Economic Development Authority.

A new UI Public Policy Center study says that 3 percent of Iowa children do not have health insurance, one of the lowest rates in the nation that could nonetheless be improved.

Longtime University of Iowa faculty members Craig Zwerling and Nancy L. Sprince have established a new endowed scholarship fund to support students pursuing advanced degrees in the UI College of Public Health’s Department of Occupational and Environmental Health.

Dr. Donald W. Black, professor of psychiatry at the UI Carver College of Medicine, says that genetics and sociocultural expectations regarding gender roles are likely two reasons why men commit more crimes, in a story on 11 reasons why men die sooner than women.

Donald Black, director of the Psychiatry Residency Training Program in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, will read from "Bad Boys, Bad Men" at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 18, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Neil Segal, UI associate professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation, reveals why having a baby could have you shopping for new shoes.

University of Iowa Health Care leaders announced this morning that UI Hospitals and Clinics appears again on "The Best Hospitals in America" listing compiled annually by "U.S. News & World Report."

A survey conducted by the Public Policy Center at the University of Iowa shows 3 percent of children without medical insurance. The results come as policymakers prepare for changes to health programs with the Affordable Care Act, which takes effect next year.

The Fiske Guide to Colleges named the University of Iowa one of the best bargains in higher education.

An investigation is under way to determine the source of a rare intestinal illness that can cause symptoms lasting for more than one month.

The University of Iowa has appointed E. Dale Abel, M.D., D.Phil., as the new director of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center in the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. Abel will also hold the John B. Stokes III Chair in Diabetes Research.

CoOpportunity Health and University of Iowa Health Alliance have submitted health plan designs to the Iowa Insurance Division for approval with the intention of offering them on the new Iowa Health Insurance Marketplace, the Iowa SHOP Exchange and in the open market for individuals and employer groups of all sizes, according to a news release.