Crash-landing an airplane may sound like a fairly disorderly endeavor, but the pilot who brought his biplane down on an Iowa City street yesterday said the process is a bit more of balancing act.
Ron...
Programs that drastically increase police presence on specific roadways increase seat-belt use in those areas — though this effect rarely lasts.
Throughout the year, Iowa law enforcement conducts seven...
The Iowa City-to-Chicago train will likely have its depot near the UI campus.
The Johnson County Council of Governments Urbanized Area Policy Board approved a proposal that will allow Iowa City officials...
The UI is one of eight sites that will conduct a series of clinical trials on influenza vaccines, including two dealing directly with the H1N1 virus.
In a series of five trials, health-care professionals...
Sounds of voices harmonizing and heels clicking filled the hallways of City High as young starlets prepared to take the stage for one of their final dress rehearsals.
“Little gals, let’s get some...
You’re in your car, coasting along a few mph faster than the posted speed limit. Nothing unusual.
Then you hear the sirens, see the flashing lights, and pull over. As you grudgingly take your ticket,...
July is ending, and so are lots of residents’ leases. But many, like UI junior Kelly Metcalf, are stuck between an expired contract and a new place.
Her current lease ends July 27, and the new one is...
Officials are debating how much say the UI will have in policies regarding the new Johnson County Joint Emergency Communication Center.
The UI has representation on the advisory board — which is composed...
Martha’s Vineyard, Napa Valley, and Baldwin, Iowa? Tuesday, one of these things was not similar to the others. But that changes today.
Effective today, the Alcohol and Tobacco and Tax Trade Bureau will...
More than 90 years after Albert Einstein predicted certain properties of black holes, NASA has hired a team of UI researchers to confirm them.
The UI portion of the “GEMS” project — short for gravity...
Caffeine is a college student’s best friend. But those who don’t have time to sip a 16-ounce cup of coffee or an 8-ounce energy drink are increasingly reaching for a product that packs the same amount...
Plato said our traits are determined by nature. Aristotle said nurture. And UI scientists now say a single explanation is impossible.
Six UI researchers found genetic influences and experience are essentially...
