The new University of Iowa home page, unveiled Tuesday, is meant to better share the university's story while connecting users with the information they want to know.

For student-athletes at the University of Iowa, there is more to the story than athletic success, and that was never more evident than during the Jan. 4 women's basketball practice inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

A lot of things we take for granted daily—from starting the car to turning on the faucet—were a little harder today: “Things just break when it’s cold..they’re under more stress, and it’s when you need them most,” says UI professor Wilf Nixon.

If upcoming tests verify the efficacy of a staph vaccine developed by UI microbiologist Patrick Schlievert's research team, that would be a remarkable scientific achievement for the University of Iowa, and it would be an immense contribution to world health.

Humboldt native and chair of the UI Department of Microbiology Patrick Schlievert heads the research team that has developed a vaccine for staphylococcus aureus bacteria: “This has the potential to prevent more than a million infections per year."

A new University of Iowa study finds that regularly scheduled visiting clinics staffed by physicians from larger cities increase access to urological care for underserved rural Iowans, following up on an earlier study that shows such clnics also increase access to cancer care for residents of rural areas.

Using a DriveCam event recorder in addition to a program to encourage positive communication when talking to teen drivers about safety is the focus of a study by the University of Iowa College of Public Health and Blank Children’s Hospital.

Archaeologists from the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist partnered with a diverse team of Iowa and national educators and scholars to develop an archaeology curriculum, Investigating a Midwestern Wickiup, available free online through Project Archaeology beginning Jan. 31.

UI director of planning and construction Rod Lehnertz writes that he is honored to be named Press-Citizen Person of the Year for 2013, but notes that he is far from alone in working through this transformational period.

UI librarian Colleen Theisen started a Special Collections and Archives blog on Tumblr, with frequent posts showing off books, photos, and items from the collection, to help make the collection more accessible to the public.

Krystal Robertson, 6, Kid Captain for the Outback Bowl, cheered on the football team from the University of Iowa Children's Hospital as she awaits a new heart.

The new UI Libraries exhibition “Food in the World of ‘Downton Abbey’ ” highlights the richness of the Szathmary Culinary Collection and the richness of the historical research that informs every scene of the popular show.