A project by the UI Child Health Specialty Clinics aims to reduce risks from obesity and preventable diseases.

State Hygienic Laboratory staff helped fight the largest fire in Johnson County history, monitoring air for environmental contaminants.

The Advanced Leadership Seminar—part of the UI Belin-Blank Center's National Scholars Institute—connects high school students with experienced leaders, builds skills like listening and negotiation, and helps participants create plans to improve their communities.

The university has named an executive director at the UI Research Foundation. Zev Sunleaf was promoted from interim executive director. He's been with the foundation since 2001.

Alumna Cathryn Sloane set off a social media firestorm recently by saying that nobody over the age of 25 should be doing social media as a profession.

Representatives from the Office of the State Archaeologist will pedal the entire 400-plus mile RAGBRAI route, while colleagues will hand out brochures to riders about the archaeological sites they will see along the way.

University of Iowa and University of Iowa Health Care units will participate in the Johnson County Fair this week, Monday through Thursday, July 23-26. Both booths will be in Building C at the Johnson County Fairgrounds.

Brian Farrell admits Bulgaria wasn’t on the top of his list of places to visit, but when the opportunity arose to teach law at the University of Sofia as a Fulbright Scholar, it quickly moved to the top.

A $25 million pledge by the Fraternal Order of Eagles guaranteeing that one floor of the university's under-construction Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building be devoted to diabetes research has at least one member of the UI community feeling optimistic.

University of Iowa Health Care is one of four Iowa health systems forming a statewide alliance in a move to lower costs and improve quality.

More than 100 volunteers—faculty, staff, students, alumni, and just Hawk fans—will play a major role in the University of Iowa’s booth at the Iowa State Fair Aug. 9-19. Everyone's invited to join the cause.

Derek Willard put his passion for higher education to work as one of the University of Iowa's top federal lobbyists. Now, more than 20 years later, he talks about political changes and challenges he's witnessed in D.C.