University of Iowa public health professor Marizen Ramirez and researcher Wendy Ringgenberg are working to understand the connection between occupation and suicide, particularly among farmers.

The 1996 Indy 500 winner will use this year's run as a chance to raise awareness and funding for vision research at the University of Iowa.

A new study from the University of Iowa reports Iowa's air quality falls within government guidelines for cleanliness, based on data gathered at five locations statewide. The study analyzed air quality and pollution sources in the state and is the first to compare air quality in urban versus rural areas. Results appear in the journal Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts.

Coming in spring 2015, the University of Iowa's first theme semester will highlight perspectives on food—the traditions it inspires, its relationship with health, the economics behind its production, and much more.

A University of Iowa virologist who developed the first mouse model of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) says experience with the SARS outbreak in 2003-04 has helped with rapid MERS response.

The University of Iowa College of Public Health, led by dean Sue Curry, is building a network of southern Iowa business leaders interested in collaborating with the college to make their communities healthier.

Health care is an ever-evolving field. From classroom education to technology, clinical programs, and research, the UI College of Nursing is working on many fronts to not only respond to change, but to answer it with innovation.

Five staff members from the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa are participating in Project AWARE, a Watershed Awareness River Expedition that will offer its first interstate river cleanup when the annual event launches this summer on the Big Sioux River.

When UI sophomore Andrew Hirst wants to escape the demands of college life, he turns to the University of Iowa student garden; for him, there is nothing like digging in the dirt to rejuvenate the soul.

Rita Frantz, dean of the University of Iowa College of Nursing, says nurse residency programs will play a major role as an experienced generation of nurses is replaced by new graduates with little experience.

Advanced practice nurses at the UI and elsewhere in Iowa say there's still work to be done to explain their roles and allow them to act within the full extent of their licenses.

UI scientists have shown that a natural steroidal compound derived from green tomatoes boosts the growth of human muscle cells in lab cultures and is a potent inhibitor of muscle atrophy in mice.