A University of Iowa-led team has found a promising, new way to treat asthma: Target an enzyme in airway lining cells. The finding could lead to the development of drugs that block the enzyme, CaMKII, from excessive oxidation, which can trigger asthma attacks.

Sixty high school students from China visited the University of Iowa Tuesday, July 23, as part of a Midwest tour to learn about the culture, conservation, and commerce surrounding the Mississippi River.

Iowa Now caught up with a few of our retiring colleagues to hear a bit about their work, share the excitement of their future plans, and perhaps capture just a bit of that “institutional memory” they are taking with them.

Parents with children in Iowa's public schools are are generally pleased with federal guidelines mandating healthier choices available in school cafeterias yet some are concerned about portions, freshness, and taste, according to a new survey from the Public Policy Center at the University of Iowa. The survey comes in the wake of changes to school-nutrition programs mandated by the federal...

Nine University of Iowa College of Education students gained a new perspective on how education policy decisions are made at the top levels thanks to a visit to the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.

LaMar Grafft, a rural health and safety specialist in the UI College of Public Health, says that cautionary signs on the backs of buggies are important in making them visible to motorists in a story on an Amish teenager who died in an accident.

UI College of Public Health Dean Sue Curry writes a blog post about health and well being in our society and the Ford Motor Company's new advertising campaign promoting routine auto inspections that asks the question: Who's healthier, you or your car?

The UI started using oat hulls from the Quaker Oats processing facility in Cedar Rapids about 10 years ago to fuel its campus power plant, which is significantly cheaper than coal and saves the university about a half-million dollars each year.

Solon High School student Kaitlin Hatcher recently completed a lab internship in the UI’s biology department under the mentorship of Maurine Neiman, assistant biology professor, whom Hatcher credits with making it a successful learning experience.

Thirty-one of the country's and the world’s brightest high school students performed six weeks of hands-on scientific research as part of the University of Iowa's Secondary Student Training Program (SSTP). Students will present their findings in a poster session from 10 a.m. to noon this Friday, July 26.

Kembrew McLeod, UI associate professor of communication studies, says that people have always written on walls, and that graffiti, in its most basic form, can be traced to ancient times in a story on the art of expressive vandalism.

UI students Jerid Schumacher, Jake Thomas, Taylor Grote, and Levi Maxfield hosted a launch party in April for their online clothing store, Widespread Threads, based in Iowa City. The start-up company gives a T-shirt to a child in need for each one it sells.