Jackson Pollock's "Mural," the centerpiece of the UI Museum of Art collection, will be on display at the Sioux City Art Center starting July 12. The painting’s return to the state comes on the heels of a two-year technical study and conservation treatment by research scientists at the Getty Conservation Institute and conservators at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

Dr. Thomas Jessen, a retired Newton family physician who practiced in the community for 40 years, was recently honored with an Award for Service during the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine 2014 Distinguished Alumni Awards.

Media are invited to visit the University of Iowa Mobile Museum and meet with university officials on Thursday, July 17, when the custom-built RV visits the Winnebago Grand National Rally in Forest City, Iowa.

University of Iowa researchers have discovered a biomarker that could give expecting mothers and their doctors the first simple blood test to reliably predict that a pregnant woman may develop preeclampsia, at least as early as 6 weeks into the pregnancy.

Iowa flood researcher Larry Weber says severe weather events could become the "new normal" if changes to curb carbon emissions aren't made soon.

About 30 young writers from Russia, the U.S., and 10 Arab-speaking countries traveled to Iowa City for the 2014 Between the Lines summer camp—a two-week UI International Writing Program workshop that brings teen writers together for creative writing study and cultural interaction.

Sean O’Harrow invites a Des Moines audience to hear a tale of artistic adventure July 22 when he presents a University of Iowa Hawkeye Lunch and Learn lecture on the conservation of Jackson Pollock’s "Mural," perhaps the most significant and influential painting in American art since World War II.

Larry Weber, director of IIHR at the University of Iowa, says the Iowa Flood Center website, with flood inundation maps built directly onto Google Maps, is an easy-to-understand, real-time view of how close floodwater will get to your favorite campground, or your front door.

University of Iowa faculty, staff, and alumni: We’d love to have your help at the UI’s exhibit at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 7-17, in Des Moines. Fair admission, parking passes, and a Hawkeye T-shirt will be provided.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason provided the campus community with an update on the flood situation today.

Twenty top high school students from across Iowa will gather on the University of Iowa campus to participate in a two-week intensive summer program July 6-18 where they’ll learn technical and entrepreneurial skills to create their own working apps, which could earn them seed money to fund their own startup technology companies.

Here is the latest official information about flood preparation efforts at the University of Iowa.