Jacob Heiden spent his last year of college working at the UI’s National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS). Now he’s a research support coordinator there and focuses on educating middle school students and others about the dangers of using a smartphone while driving.

Born in a small coal-mining town in 1912, Himie Voxman taught at the UI for 45 years and is credited with establishing the UI School of Music’s national prominence.

With the grand opening of the Voxman Music Building on Oct. 21, School of Music director David Gier shares his thoughts on the new location and what’s transpired in the eight years since the 2008 flood.

Dan Collins has touched the lives of thousands of accountants in his decades of teaching at the UI and was honored for his mentorship over the summer. Here, he talks writing, Enron's impact, and his fondness for the PhD.

The first-ever One Day for Iowa, a 24-hour fundraising event to be held on Oct. 26, will benefit all areas of the UI.

Around the corner from University of Iowa biology professor David Soll’s office is an exclusive reservoir of biological agents used by researchers worldwide seeking to cure cancer. Its mission is deeply personal for Soll. He lost his wife to cancer, and he wants to put an end to the disease.

Co-organizers Lena Hill and Michael Hill are providing students with the opportunity to meet and develop mentoring relationships with African American alumni.

The university dedicated its new Visual Arts Building on Oct. 7. The building, designed by renowned architect Steven Holl, is both technologically advanced and artistically inspiring.

The University of Iowa has partnered with the Iowa Children’s Museum to produce a new hands-on exhibit: an interactive skate park concept that teaches physics principles.

There are some haunting sounds coming from Jupiter. An instrument designed and built at the University of Iowa recorded the spooky sounds from the planet’s auroras during the first full orbit by the NASA spacecraft Juno. Several UI researchers are involved in the mission to our solar system’s largest planet.

Research by Tippie College of Business professor Ernest O'Boyle finds that companies with Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) are more profitable than those without.

Medical 21, a Minnesota company founded by University of Iowa benefactor Manny Villafana, has licensed technology to create artificial veins developed at the UI College of Engineering.