Eight-year-old Makayla Bell was born with OEIS syndrome, named for each of the birth defects characterized by the disorder.

Dawn Bowlus, director of the UI's Jacobson Academy for Youth Entrepreneurship, says the key to a successful startup business is finding and solving problems.

Barry Thomas, professor of management sciences in the Tippie College of Business, says businesses often engage in enlightened self-interest when they help develop the global communities where they do business.

Art Durnev, assistant professor of finance in the Tippie College of Business, says investors should not panic and sell all their stock as a result of recent turmoil in the markets.

The Kirkwood Regional Center at the University of Iowa welcomes 350 high school students as it opens this fall, part of a unique partnership including the UI Tippie College of Business and the Colleges of Education and Engineering, which will conduct research, education, and teacher development on site.

The University of Iowa welcomed new students—including what’s expected to be another record-breaking first-year class—with five days of events as part of the On Iowa! program.

Iowa Edge is offered to students who come from underrepresented backgrounds and first-generation college students. The idea behind the program is to ease student concerns and ensure that participants successfully transition into college life at the UI.

About 6,000 students moved into University of Iowa residence halls Aug. 18-20, 2015.

The Summer Hawk Tuition Grant, a program designed to keep undergraduates on track to graduate in four years, saw exponential growth in 2015.

UI undergraduate Madeleine Hoofnaggle researches scary video games and why so many people get a thrill being terrified.

Bea Hanson, principal deputy director of the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women, hailed the University of Iowa as a leader for its commitment to reducing the incidence of sexual assaults on campus.

This summer the Iowa volleyball team hosted 13 sections of camps in the Carver-Hawkeye Arena, giving young women a taste of the game. Perhaps some campers will one day grace the hall of the arena again, not as campers, but as University of Iowa student-athletes.