Two University of Iowa faculty members and a Grinnell professor are using Mellon Digital Bridges funding to take a national lead in humanities/computer collaborations. They aim to see how two datasets could be combined to answer a host of questions about the history of published literary texts.

Jacquett Wade of the University of Iowa discusses programs to encourage women to get involved with science and technology.

While Abby Restko was a UI student, she studied abroad in Venice, Italy, where she discovered Murano glass jewelry. Restko, a marketing major with an art minor, knew then that she should have a jewelry store that offered Murano glass locally. So she opened Glassando in Old Capitol Town Center.

A University of Iowa study has answered why mice with cystic fibrosis gene mutations don’t develop the life-threatening lung disease. The researchers also identified a proton pump called ATP12A as a potential target for new CF therapies.

University of Iowa chemists have revealed the chemistry behind how certain diseases, from anthrax to tuberculosis, replicate. The key lies in the function of a gene absent in humans, called thyX, and its ability to catalyze the DNA building block thymine. Results published in the journal 'Science.'

Mary Cohen, UI associate professor of music education, shares how everyone can learn skills to express themselves through music-making, storytelling, and movement. InterPlay is one remarkable system providing incremental steps toward self-expression in any way we choose, Cohen explains.

Lincoln Elementary hosted its Hollywood STEAM Day, featuring rooms throughout the school dedicated to teaching students, and parents, how science, technology, engineering, and math interact with art and Hollywood movies. UI faculty and graduate students from several different departments and colleges participated in the event.

Using real-time recording of cellular movement, biologists at the University of Iowa have discovered how tumors form. Cancer cells reach out and grab other cells, and as little as 5 percent cancerous cells are needed for tumor formation. Findings could lead to more precise cancer testing.

As Iowa surges toward the presidential caucuses, University of Iowa professors M. Zubair Shafiq, Padmini Srinivasan, and G.R. Boynton have launched a political news aggregator, leftrightpolitics.com, to track public sentiment during the election season.

Have you noticed the banners throughout downtown Iowa City? In January 2016, the Office of Research and Economic Development launched a Dare to Discover campaign showcasing researchers, scholars, and creators from across the University of Iowa. The campaign website shares the stories behind the personal faces of discovery and creativity.

The University of Iowa's spring semester promises to be eventful. Make sure to add these six events to your calendar!

Quad City entrepreneurs got their business off the ground after attending Venture School, the six-week entrepreneurial development program offered by the University of Iowa's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center.