Volker Thomas, UI College of Education professor and chair of the couple and family therapy program, shares why the holiday season can be stressful and explains how to keep calm this year.

Mark Pooley, a former Obermann Graduate Fellow and doctoral student in public health, is combining his interest in biking with research to see if events such as the Winter Warrior Bike Challenge can help researchers create circumstances that will encourage more people to cycle.

UI psychiatrist Jennifer McWilliams says telemedicine has increased psychiatric services in parts of the state that lack them, noting technology is helping address a shortage of doctors in rural areas and connecting specialists to those that need them immediately, including stroke patients.

UI College of Education leaders orchestrated a unique, conference-style opportunity for approximately 300 middle school students from Iowa and Illinois for the 17th annual International Day for Human Rights.

Since 2009, Ride for the Kids has raised $419,600 to support pediatric brain tumor research and pediatric cardiology research at UI Children’s Hospital.

Growing up, Quad Cities native Aundrea Watkins bounced between almost a dozen different homes between the ages of 3 and 18. School was her "sanctuary and true stability." The University of Iowa elementary education major is graduating this December and plans to become a teacher to help other students succeed.

UI’s art collection over the past few years has been seen by more eyes annually than it ever was when housed in the now largely empty building along the Iowa River.

The UI has hired David Conrad to direct the university’s engagement activities throughout Iowa, including supporting workforce training and expanding the university’s partnerships with the state’s businesses and economic development agencies.

The UI law school is reducing tuition and launching programs that will help students obtain degrees quicker and offer a broader range of course options: “We constantly are looking at what we are offering and teaching and what we could do different or better,” says Dean Gail Agrawal.

The University of Iowa College of Public Health has established a new Executive Master of Health Administration (EMHA) degree program. The program is designed to provide working professionals with advanced knowledge and skills to lead multifaceted health care organizations, emphasizing interprofessional teams.

They’re called the “Underground Astronauts”—six women, including the UI's Lindsay Eaves, with a very specific set of qualifications who descended deep underground last month to retrieve the ancient remains of human ancestors.

Despite not having a permanent home, the University of Iowa Museum of Art set a record for attendance during the 2012-13 academic year for attendance at events, programs, and exhibitions.