A new initiative from the University of Iowa College of Law will allow undergraduate students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at both UI and Iowa State University to earn their bachelor’s and law degrees in six years.

The University of Iowa is reaching out to students whose families were affected by the severe weather that rolled across the Midwest this past weekend, destroying homes, killing at least six people and causing dozens of injuries.

The new Enrollment Assistance Center at UI Hospitals and Clinics is staffed by specialists who can answer questions and explain options available under the Affordable Care Act. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

Berhan Gelan, a graduate student in the UI College of Education, researches academic success among Ethiopian children. Her story is one of many in Graduate Education at Iowa 2012-2013, the annual report of the UI Graduate College.

UI graduate student Lindsay Eaves joined an international team of researchers this month to excavate early human fossil remains 100 feet below ground in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in South Africa. The cave is nearly inaccessible, but scientists hope the discovery there will revolutionize paleoarcheology.

Joshi Charuta, director of pediatric epilepsy at UI Children's Hospital, reports high satisfaction with a telemedicine pilot program; most parents said they are able to talk about the same information during their telemedicine visit as an in-person visit and are not worried about privacy.

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This week's news that comedian Andy Kaufman was alive turned out to be a hoax, but UI communication studies professor Kembrew McLeod writes that "Kaufman himself would have probably done it better."

The happiest patients are those who have regular contact with their doctors. A University of Iowa study finds that VA patients who have established "continuity of care" with primary-care physician are most satisfied with their treatment. The study comes as the American health care system moves to a more team-based approach to care, known as patient-centered medical home. Results appear in the...

The University of Iowa has applied for a grant to help set up three bike rental stations across campus.

Law professor and anti-trust expert Herb Hovenkamp says the Justice Department's decision to approve the U.S. Airways-American Airlines merger will help low-cost carriers.

Retired UI geophysics professor Ray Anderson says farmers bring him a lot of rocks they think might be meteorites, but they turn out to be "meteor-wrongs."