High-risk drinking at the University of Iowa has seen a steady decrease over the last 10 years, although the behavior remains almost twice as high at the UI as the national average. In that period,...

External funding at the University of Iowa reached an unprecedented $588.8 million in fiscal 2019, amid increased competition among research institutions for increasingly limited funding. Although the...

From 2014-2016, when an Ebola outbreak rocked several countries in Africa and made headlines worldwide, Sierra Leone was one of the hardest-hit places. The devastating effects of the disease made enough...

Willard “Sandy” Boyd, one of the University of Iowa’s longest tenured presidents, almost never got the job of president in the first place. Then-state Rep. Chuck Grassley, among others, opposed...

Four years ago, through collecting data from the Office of Admissions and the University of Iowa Honors Program, UI chemistry Associate Professor Scott Shaw found that significantly fewer small-town and...

Sudan has made headlines worldwide for its year of protests and the violent response to those protests by the Sudanese interim government. The effects of that conflict have been felt all over the world,...

Students from all over the U.S. have flocked to the University of Iowa to learn from the writing and art programs.  Sixty high school students are attending an immersive three-week summer residency...

The Iowa Well Forecasting System, an interactive database of private wells across Iowa, informs property owners and well-drillers about the geology and water contaminants in a state in which agricultural...

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democratic presidential-nomination candidate, said he wants to increase funding for public universities during a meeting with several University of Iowa nontenure track faculty...

The University of Iowa has taken another step forward with its exploration of a partnership with a private firm to maintain and operate its utility system. The UI on July 11 announced it will proceed...

For many members of the military, confronting mental health can be difficult. But researchers with a new study hope to connect service members with help before crises arise. Kayla Reed-Fitzke, a University...

While poetry is often thought of as ink on paper, the work of concrete poets blurs the lines between written work and visual art. The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections is the new home...