University of Iowa students volunteering with Dance Marathon are helping children like 22-month-old Nora Sanderson who has acute lymphoblastic leukemia. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

James Potash, head of the Department of Psychiatry in UI Hospitals and Clinics, and John Hosp, chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning in the UI's College of Education, were two of more than a dozen experts who participated in a recent mental health roundtable discussion.

A study led by UI researchers discovered that best friends might play the biggest role in influencing when teens have their first sip of alcohol.

Taking down one of four parking ramps in preparation for a new Children's Hospital has meant many changes in parking for both patients and staff at UI Hospitals and Clinics.

A study by a University of Iowa-led research team has found that teenagers who exhibit problem drinking likely got their first drink from a friend.

A gift commitment in the amount of $1 million will benefit the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital building campaign.

David Duys, an associate professor of rehabilitation and counselor education in the UI College of Education, discusses some of the significant changes in middle childhood development on Iowa Public Radio's Talk of Iowa with host Charity Nebbe.

The University of Iowa is one of four institutions involved in a new clinical trial to evaluate a candidate H3N2v influenza vaccine in healthy adults and elderly individuals.

Preparing for the deluge of students as they returned to campus from winter break, University of Iowa Student Health created a page devoted to care and prevention for the flu virus.

George Weiner, M.D., director of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa, has been elected vice-president/president-elect of the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI). His term began January 1, and he will become AACI president in the fall of 2014.

UI nursing students and volunteers with the Retired Senior Volunteer Program have joined forces to create a valuable learning opportunity, where volunteers simulate being elderly patients to help students gain real-world knowledge working with older adults.

Nicole Brogden, faculty associate in the College of Pharmacy, has won $10,000 from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy to study how the skin responds to and restores itself to microneedle treatment in people over 65 years of age.