As students grab coffee on the way to class and as Iowa Citians commute to work, they may run into familiar faces on—or above—the sidewalks. Banners in downtown Iowa City are highlighting the work of 70 University of Iowa undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers and scholars. The banners, the eighth installment of the Dare to Discover campaign, will be on display through mid...

A delegation of Iowa legislators, staffers, and state officials visited the University of Iowa campus for an immersive experience with researchers who study aggressive cancer, manufacture pharmaceuticals, test new aircraft systems, and delve into biblical studies. Representatives Martin Graber, Dean Fisher, Representative-elect Matthew Rinker, legislative staffers, and officials from the Iowa...

The Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) programs bring students to the University of Iowa (UI) to have active and meaningful participation in ongoing research projects. The two new REU programs, which are funded by the National Science Foundation, bring the total number of funded REU programs on the UI campus up to six, a threefold increase over four years. “With the addition of two new...

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted and reshaped many aspects of our lives, but it hasn’t stopped University of Iowa (UI) students from exploring some of life’s most interesting questions through research, scholarship, and creative activity.

The annual festival, hosted by the Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates (ICRU,) will be held in short sessions via Zoom during the week of November 9-13, 2020. “Despite the challenges of the fall 2020 semester, University of Iowa undergraduates have collaborated with faculty mentors to participate in research all over campus, and remotely, that complements their academic studies and develops...

Several University of Iowa groups are coming together in February to encourage more undergraduate students to get hands-on experience conducting research and scholarship. Led by the UI Student Government (UISG), the Fall in Love with Research campaign kicks off its weeklong celebration of the university’s commitment to undergraduate research on Monday, Feb. 10. The five-day campaign will feature...

Two University of Iowa students are discovering that the skills and training that made them elite athletes are a surprisingly good fit with another role on campus – a researcher.