Mariola Espinosa, associate professor in the University of Iowa Department of History, is examining yellow fever — once a terrifying killer that violently took the lives of half of the people who contracted it — in the Caribbean for a new book project.

Cancer patients in rural communities may not have access to renowned treatment centers or evidence-based symptom management. Using a web-based program called Oncology Associated Symptoms & Individualized Strategies (OASIS), College of Nursing Assistant Professor Stephanie Gilbertson-White is helping patients learn more about their symptoms and apply evidenced-based symptom self-management strategies.

University of Iowa anthropology professor Katina Lillios and UI archeologists were involved in the largest study to date of ancient DNA from the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Portugal and Spain). The study offers new insights into the populations that lived in this region over the last 8,000 years.