University of Iowa faculty and students are participating in a historic NASA mission to study the sun. The Iowa team will study the solar wind to better understand its effects on weather around Earth. The Parker Solar Probe mission launched on Aug. 11.

Constructed in 2017, Elizabeth Catlett Residence Hall has met and surpassed the standard set by the university by incorporating various green principles and energy-saving elements.

Two separate research groups at the University of Iowa are helping design, build, and test subdetectors that will be part of an upgrade to the world’s most sophisticated particle detector. The teams are led by UI faculty Usha Mallik, Jane Nachtman, and Yasar Onel.

The University of Iowa College of Education is collaborating with K–12 schools in a new program to encourage gifted students in rural areas of Iowa to take rigorous STEM classes and pursue careers in those fields.

University of Iowa researchers have found that older people are less likely than younger people to realize when they’ve made a mistake. The finding offers new insight into how aging adults perceive their decisions and view their performance.

Mechanical engineering research scholar Min-yeong Moon will attend 2018 Rising Stars workshop

Keith Schilling, a longtime staff member of the Iowa Geological Survey, officially assumed his duties as Iowa's top geologist July 1.

The University of Iowa campus played host in July to the nation’s most talented high school–aged artists and writers as part of the Belin-Blank Center’s inaugural Summer Art Residency and Summer Writing Residency.

As the number of non-native English speakers in Iowa’s K–12 schools continues to grow, and as more parents demand dual-language education for their children, the University of Iowa College of Education is providing training programs aimed at preparing current and future educators to meet the demand.

As thousands of RAGBRAI riders pour into Iowa City Friday, July 27, the downtown district—alleyways included—will serve as an entertainment hub for cyclists, citizens, and other visitors. But that might not have been possible without a partnership between the city and the University of Iowa’s Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities.

In 2017, two University of Iowa alums, Ed Moreno and Tracy Peterson, teamed up to bring pre-engineering camps to West Liberty, Iowa. This year, they are at it again.

The University of Iowa College of Public Health is partnering with Iowa State University in a new national institute that will address the global public health concern of antimicrobial resistance.