The University of Iowa's Margaret Jesse discusses the first year of the Unizin higher education technology consortium, of which the UI is a member.

As the UI prepares to welcome students and families for the start of the academic year, the Vice President for Student Life reminds the campus community to make sure they’re up-to-date on their vaccinations. Tom Rocklin reports six UI students have tested positive for mumps in the past few weeks.

UI 3D design students created the UI’s booth for the 2015 Iowa State Fair—a first for both the program and the university. The hexagon—a shape found in the construct of DNA—was used thematically in the booth, as a way to convey innovation, technology, creativity, and research.

Lyn Redington has been named the University of Iowa’s new assistant vice president and dean of students. She starts at the UI on Aug. 19.

First-year students at the University of Iowa will move into the residence halls Tuesday-Thursday, Aug 18-20. Clinton Street will be rerouted and there's a new plan for students moving into west side halls.

China has about 100 million children learning English and a pair of the University of Iowa students have started a new business to help them.

The Board of Regents made no objections to a proposed 3 percent increase in undergraduate resident tuition for the Spring 2016 semester. A vote on the proposed increase is expected at the September board meeting. The board also gives first-round approval to Kinnick renovation.

With the new Hancher Auditorium set to open in just over a year, the Hancher organization invites the community to a day of family fun.

WalletHub features Assistant Professor Steven Spears from the UI's School of Urban & Regional Planning addressing ways to reduce traffic congestion.

Students at the Lucille A. Carver Mississippi Riverside Environmental Research Station get their feet wet—literally and figuratively—in the University of Iowa's Water Quality class.

Leaders from the Iowa Department of Education and the University of Iowa’s College of Education have named Deborah Reed as the next director of the Iowa Reading Research Center, which has a critical role in a statewide effort to ensure all children read well by the end of third grade.

Moving a child to college is a big transition for everyone. To help ease what’s sure to a busy and emotional day, "Iowa Now" asked seasoned UI parents to offer words of wisdom to the parents of this year’s incoming class. Read what they had to say.