Rachel Young, assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, receives the first annual Faculty Service Award, presented by the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities.

In much of the developing world, fossil fuels and electricity are too expensive to be options for cooking. Instead, people there use wood burning stoves that create environmental impacts of their own, including desertification of the forests that supply the wood, and soot released when the wood doesn't burn completely.

Funds from the UI College of Public Health's new Community Grant Program, in conjunction with an equal cash match from another organization or business, will be used for public health-related initiatives and projects in the recipient communities.

While global negotiators met in Paris last week to hammer out a climate accord, students with the University of Iowa's Climate Narrative Project, which trains a new generation of climate storytellers by reaching across academic disciplines, had already begun the process of bringing the summit back to campus.

An inexpensive metal insert for traditional cookstoves could decrease global warming and reduce household pollution for thousands of women and children in developing countries, according to research by H. S. Udaykumar, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Iowa.

Five Des Moines-area entrepreneurs will be among those participating in the University of Iowa’s next Venture School entrepreneurial development program, their tuition paid by their local governments.

A new University of Iowa study in mice shows that exercise causes muscle to release a peptide that builds the muscle’s capacity for energy production and increases physical endurance, allowing longer and more intense exercise.

On Dec. 5, the University of Iowa’s Hancher presented performance artist Taylor Mac, who performed the "1846–1856" portion of his forthcoming epic work "A 24-Hour History of Popular Music." This was the 100th work that Hancher has commissioned.

Three Iowa start-ups were named the most promising entrepreneurial efforts recently by the University of Iowa’s Venture School entrepreneurial development program.

A University of Iowa researcher who is looking to find a cancer treatment in a deep sea sponge is the first from UI to receive a $50,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to participate in a business development program.

A University of Iowa study in mice shows that drug-induced changes to the gut microbiome can cause obesity by reducing the resting metabolic rate, a term that refers to how quickly calories are burned while sleeping or resting.

December rains have caused flooding across Iowa. The Iowa Flood Center has created flood maps for 19 communities where residents and city planners can view various flood scenarios to help prepare for flood emergencies and make informed decisions.