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...
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...
The Journal of the American Medical Association recently removed a confidentiality order related to reporting conflicts of interest in its published authors, based on a case involving a UI professor of...
The early morning sun shone over the old Art Museum through the leaves of the sugar maples fortunate enough to survive the 2008 flood. However, the tree taken down by UI arborist Andy Dahl Monday wasn’t...
According to UI officials, there are 600 to 700 ash trees on the UI campus, amounting to almost 10 percent of the campus trees. And they may be at risk of falling victim to the emerald ash borer, an exotic...
An armed man reportedly robbed American Bank & Trust on Monday morning, becoming at least the third such incident in Johnson County this month.
At 9:05 a.m., Iowa City police received a call about...
