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...

Nominations are being sought for University of Iowa faculty, staff and student researchers, creators, mentors, and entrepreneurs for the UI’s annual Discovery & Innovation Awards Ceremony, which will be held in April. The UI Office of Research and Economic Development, the Office of the Vice President for Finance and Operations, the Graduate College, the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, and...

The University of Iowa Office of Research and Economic Development will host a lecture by Dutch artist Theo Jansen at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 10 in Room C20 of Pomerantz Center as part of the Creative Matters lecture series in collaboration with the UI Arts Advancement Committee. (Note that the venue was changed to accommodate larger crowds.) Known as the Leonardo Da Vinci of the 21st century...

All infants learn language, but they don’t all learn at the same pace. University of Iowa psychology professor Julie Gros-Louis recently received a $230,381 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the prelinguistic interactions between infants and their caregivers, and how these interactions lead to word learning and language development.

University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students are invited to join Daniel Reed, Vice President for Research & Economic Development, at the second annual State of Research address.