Erica Cole doesn’t let anything diminish her zest for life. Not even losing a leg. Cole is starting a business that sells custom covers for prosthetic limbs.

New research suggests that water quality challenges in Iowa and nationally would be even greater if it weren’t for a little appreciated feature of the landscape — road ditches.

The University of Iowa has been chosen to participate in the 2019–20 inaugural First Forward cohort by the Center for First-generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and the Suder Foundation.

The acclaimed national Colored Conventions Project has named two members of the UI campus community co-directors of its first pilot satellite partner, and a new course gives students an opportunity to rediscover this little-known part of Iowa history.

Bill Barnhart, a seismologist and assistant professor in earth and environmental sciences, appeared on Iowa Public Radio's "River to River" program to talk about the first-ever detection of a quake on Mars.

The University of Iowa’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment enters a new era of academics, research, and involvement on campus and in the community under the leadership of Stratis Giannakouros.

The University of Iowa will host a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new UI Stanley Museum of Art on June 7, 2019.

University of Iowa researchers have uncovered a link between sleep apnea and multiple myeloma, a rare but aggressive blood cancer. Their findings could improve treatment of the disease.

The University of Iowa partners with local groups in the city of Ottumwa to improve community health by encouraging residents to run, dance, swim, or any other physical activity that increases the heart rate.

Margaret Carrel, UI associate professor of geographical and sustainability sciences, is one of 32 winners of a prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. Each recipient in the 2019 class of fellows will receive a grant of up to $200,000 to research, write, and publish in the humanities and social sciences.

Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Tricia Kroll, and Susan Junis were recognized for their exemplary leadership, accomplishments, and service during the Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women ceremony. Eight students were also honored.

Dillon Constant is working with his hometown of Newton, Iowa, through a partnership between the community, the UI, and Grinnell College intended to develop community-based programs that support and promote health and obesity prevention.