The University of Iowa moved up two spots to No. 31 in the latest rankings of the nation’s best public universities, published by the magazine "U.S. News & World Report."

“Jackson Pollock’s ‘Mural’: The Story of a Modern Masterpiece,” a documentary produced by and created at the University of Iowa, has won an Emmy from the Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

The University of Iowa welcomes the Class of 2021, which boasts the highest ever average GPA of any incoming class. Composed of roughly 5,000 students, the class brings the UI's total enrollment this fall to more than 33,000.

The new College of Public Health undergraduate program is welcoming 34 new students, in addition to the 40 who enrolled last year. The college plans to add 25 more courses to the growing program's offerings by 2020.

For 40 years, an instrument designed and built at the University of Iowa has made discoveries in NASA’s historic Voyager 1 mission. Physics and astronomy professor Don Gurnett designed Voyager’s radio- and plasma-wave detector, which determined that the spacecraft became the first human-made object to leave the solar system.

The University of Iowa and its Vaughn Institute of Insurance and Risk Management was named one of the top 20 universities in the world for insurance education and research by a global insurance-advocacy organization.

Brad Wright, assistant professor of health management and policy, says states might see it as a signal if the White House approves Iowa’s request for a waiver that strengthens its health insurance market

Amrita Nain, professor of finance and a merger and acquisition expert, expects that Rockwell Collins' presence in Iowa will be minimally affected if the company's proposed acquisition by United Technologies is consummated.

Ann Campbell, professor of management sciences in the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business, is an expert on transportation logistics. One of her research focuses is finding more efficient methods for governments, agencies, and businesses to transport relief supplies to disaster areas.

The University of Iowa’s Master of Studies in Law program provides accessible training in the legal system for students and professionals who need to recognize and respond to legal issues in their work but do not want to practice law.

A newly discovered Walt Whitman book, the UI Press–published Life and Adventures of Jack Engle, was recently reviewed in The New York Times. The review highlights the importance of resources like the UI's Whitman Archive and its WhitmanWeb collaboration with the university's International Writing Program.

University of Iowa researchers have a new explanation for how the universe changed from a place of darkness to one filled with light. They propose that black holes within galaxies produce winds strong enough to fling out matter, puncturing holes in galaxies that allow light to escape.