A study from the Tippie College of Business’ Alice Wang finds that people who have fewer friends than they want tend to buy more things than people who have all the friends they need.

Photographers in the University of Iowa’s Office of Strategic Communication submitted a gallery of some of their favorite work from 2016.

The University of Iowa has received a $150,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to investigate how the arts build and strengthen a sense of community in rural areas, and contribute to entrepreneurship and innovation.

About 1,500 University of Iowa students received their degrees at fall 2016 commencement ceremonies Dec. 16–18. “Iowa Now” captured several celebratory moments at the festivities.

A new University of Iowa study shows men can misjudge a woman’s interest in sex—and they can be taught to do better. Overall, the study’s findings are promising: They show that the ability to read sexual cues is malleable and can be learned.

The UI College of Public Health has awarded grants to seven organizations in five Iowa cities that strengthen community-development initiatives aimed at improving public health.

As the fall semester comes to an end, President Harreld encourages members of the University of Iowa community to reach out to those in need, and to begin next semester with a renewed sense of purpose.

The University of Iowa’s new Visual Arts Building was named “Best in the Midwest” for 2016. Winners were selected based on evidence of innovation, creative use of new technology, sustainability, strength of presentation, and great design. The building, which opened in August, was designed by Steven Holl Architects.

University of Iowa Professor of Anthropology Russell Ciochon and colleagues from Australia and China have received a crucial grant to study Gigantopithecus blacki, the biggest primate ever to have lived.

Two University of Iowa art students captured this fall’s Hawkeye football season on canvas.

This year’s Outback Bowl–bound Hawkeye football team plays the muse for a pair of University of Iowa art students.

Kirsten Stoner, this year’s Three Minute Thesis competition winner, wants to improve outcomes for patients with cervical myelopathy. Stoner and six other 3MT competitors got a boost from a graduate seminar in communicating research.