Can you describe what you do at work in 90 seconds – with a camera in your face? This summer, nine faculty members at the University of Iowa learned to do just that by participating in a one-and-a-half day media training workshop to facilitate better communication about their research to journalists and the public. Conducted annually, the Communicating Ideas Workshop training takes the research...

SantosHuman, Inc., a spinoff company that grew out of ongoing research at the University of Iowa, recently announced the release of a new plug-in module to its line of virtual human modeling and simulation software. Santos® Arm’s Force Field provides SantosHuman’s clients with the only existing way to access the most accurate, validated method to predict manual arm strength available today.

At the Celebrating Excellence: Discovery and Innovation Awards Ceremony sponsored by the Office of Research and Economic Development, Richard Tyler Priest won the Distinguished Achievement in Publicly Engaged Research Award—and for good reason.

Communicating complex scientific research to a lay audience is an important skill for researchers—but it doesn’t always come naturally.

The Latham Science Engagement Initiative is currently accepting applications for 2016-2017 Latham Fellows.

John F. Doershuk, Ph.D., is the State Archaeologist and Director of the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist (OSA), as well as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology. In this Q&A he offers a glimpse into OSA, part of the UI Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development—what it is, what it does, and why it matters. Tell us a little...

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development held its “Celebrating Excellence: Discovery and Innovation Awards Ceremony” on Wednesday, April 13. The annual event (photos of which may be found here) recognizes faculty, staff, postdoctoral scholars/fellows, graduate students, undergraduate students and mentors who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments to research in...

Since becoming the University of Iowa’s Vice President for Research and Economic Development three years ago, Dan Reed has encouraged faculty to pursue more high-risk, high-reward research and scholarship proposals, both individually and in collaborative groups Reed says the intense competition for research funding and declining proposal success rates for conventional proposals means the time has...

The Dare to Discover banners may be down from the lightpoles around downtown Iowa City, but they're not gone.

The University of Iowa is encouraging North Liberty residents to report any sightings of a male, cream-and-white goat that escaped a portable carrier during a transfer operation in the UI Research Park Friday, Jan. 29. The goat, property of the university, has been spotted several times since Friday mostly north of the research park and as far east as the Dubuque Street NE neighborhoods near the...

On Tuesday, Jan. 26, University of Iowa International Programs will host “Research to Real Life,” a WorldCanvass event seeking to explore what it means to be a research university and how basic research impacts the world. UI Vice President for Research and Economic Development Daniel A. Reed will open the discussion with examples of academic research that led to discoveries and technological...

Did you know that University of Iowa faculty member Jennifer Fiegel is working to help cystic fibrosis patients breathe easier, Rebekah Kowal is exploring the politics of dance throughout history, and Michael O’Hara has developed a program to help military veterans cope with postpartum depression? Their stories, and the stories of more than 40 other researchers, scholars, and creators from across...