Anne Helene Skinstad, clinical professor in the College of Public Health, has recently been awarded grants totaling $9.5 million over the next five years to help reduce drug and alcohol addiction among American Indian and Alaska Native populations.

UI senior Erica Cole started a company called No Limbits after she lost her leg in a car accident last May. The company makes custom prosthetic limbs.

A NASA mission conceived at the University of Iowa is exploring how energized particles interact with Earth. The missions, called, Twin Rockets to Investigate Cusp Electrodynamics, or TRICE-2, launched earlier this month. They're exploring magnetic reconnection, the explosive process that allows charged particles from space to stream into Earth’s atmosphere.

A report from the UI Colleges of Public Health and Law finds that the justice system doesn't do enough to prevent elder abuse, which leads this editorial to call on the Iowa legislature to provide more funding for initiatives to reduce it.

An initiative between the UI College of Public Health and Iowa Department of Public Health is encouraging more Iowa school children to eat more nutritious lunches more often.

About 1,500 University of Iowa students received their degrees at fall 2018 commencement ceremonies Dec. 13–16.

The University of Iowa has removed the registered student organization status for the Kappa Sigma, Delta Chi, and Sigma Nu fraternity chapters, as well as the Sigma Alpha Epsilon colony. The action comes after the conclusion of comprehensive investigations into incidents involving hazing and alcohol.

President Harreld writes about the successes of the past semester and adds an encouragement for graduating students.

University of Iowa faculty and students are immersing audiences in a virtual reality theater experience that integrates live performances.

UI Libraries and UI Student Government are easing some of the burden of high textbook costs with a collaborative project called the Textbook Affordability Pilot (TAP). Under TAP, a committee of library staff and UISG representatives collect donated textbooks and purchase new ones for “high impact courses.”

University of Iowa students from disciplines across campus gain valuable research and professional experience working in the UI Stanley Museum of Art and with its curators.

Cedar Falls native Matt Slykhuis once flew Army air ambulances into combat zones in Afghanistan. Now he's training for a quieter military career as a Masters in Accountancy student at UI's Tippie College of Business.