Experts of child abuse and neglect from around the world who are visiting the University of Iowa for the Provost’s Global Forum will be available for interviews Friday, March 28, from 9 to 11 a.m. in the River Room, Iowa Memorial Union.

As severe weather season approaches for much of the country, a recent University of Iowa study finds that, compared to younger adults, older adults are more vulnerable when natural disasters such as floods and tornadoes hit.

The 2014 University of Iowa Provost’s Global Forum on “Child Protection: A Global Responsibility” will be held this week, focusing on how experiences that harm children’s social and behavioral functioning lead to physical and mental health issues in adulthood.

UI already complied with many of the new federal requirements for colleges regarding preventing, reporting, and disciplining sexual violence before they took effect this month, but administrators say they’re using the act to review policies, update language, and stay current on the issue.

A new study co-authored by a University of Iowa researcher suggest that extra sales taxes on soda do nothing to improve people’s health or reduce obesity.

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City generates 8,233 jobs that have a $686 million impact on Iowa’s economy, according to the latest study by the Iowa Hospital Association.

University of Iowa's Carver College of Medicine graduates are among more than 32,000 around the world who learned today, Friday, March 21, where they will be serving their residencies.

Learning not to touch a hot stove, or climb up on a steep roof in search of a lost baseball is key to making it through childhood unscathed; new UI research suggests that parents can help their kids understand these risks with explanations, not orders.

New UI research shows that parents who explain and guide their children through a conversation about the dangers of risky behavior were more likely to see positive results.

University of Iowa researchers have developed an implantable bio patch that regrows bone in the living body, creating a new way to treat wounds.

Children are experts at getting into danger. So, how can parents help prevent the consequences? One answer, University of Iowa researchers say in a new study, is for parents to better understand how their children rate hazards and then use conversation to explain why certain situations can be dangerous. Results appear in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology.

University of Iowa faculty, students, and staff are traveling en masse to the American Association for Dental Research annual meeting, held March 19-22 in Charlotte, NC. Among them is Ericka Recker, a first-year dental student who is a finalist for an international award for junior investigators.