Volker Thomas, professor and chair of the Couple and Family Therapy Program in the UI College of Education, offers advice on ways to reduce stress and inspire more joy and relaxation during one of the busiest times of the year.

Kelley Donham, retired director of the UI Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, notes that improvements in injury prevention, farmer health education, and machinery design have reduced farming fatalities in the last 40 years, but recent reductions in federal funding could slow progress.

UI graduates Hung Tran and Thomas Hornbeck, who founded Tutor Universe, a virtual, global college study hall, have relocated to Menlo Park, Calif., to take part in Studio 9+, a nine-month program that helps entrepreneurs build a fully viable business, ready for investment.

UI President Sally Mason will speak at the 2014 Annual Monticello Area Chamber of Commerce Banquet and Silent Auction Jan. 29.

New to the Collegium Tubum repertoire this year is a special rendition of “It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas,” which was written by Meredith Wilson, who also wrote the “Iowa Fight Song;” it's a little known fact that both songs follow a similar tune.

Iowa Alumni Magazine showcases the multidisciplinary efforts of UI experts to help America's fast-growing elderly population.

The University of Iowa has been selected to participate in a national research network funded by the National Institutes of Health that aims to improve care for people affected by stroke in Iowa and across the U.S.

Insurance and agricultural officials in Iowa say extreme weather is having a more pronounced impact on their industries, which are critical parts of the state's economy; the size and scale of the challenges confronting them were outlined Tuesday at a UI panel on extreme weather.

FM Global, the University of Iowa's property insurance carrier and one of the largest commercial property carriers in the world, recognized UI Facilities Management as part of a team effort with UI Public Safety and UI Risk Management Nov. 22 for their critical roles in loss prevention efforts related to fire and fire safety.

Seventeen UI graduate students have been selected as Obermann Graduate Fellows and will participate in the 2014 Obermann Graduate Institute, a highly competitive program for UI graduate students who are interested in public engagement with research, arts, and teaching.

“Out of Bounds,” a new play by Iowa City’s Working Group Theatre, is not the first attempt to deal with cyberbullying in schools, but it may be among the first in the nation to be evaluated through the critical lens of scientific research.

This video details what took place when the Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft swung past Earth on Oct. 9, for a gravity assist, and amateur radio operators around the world sent a Morse Code saying “HI” to the spacecraft.