University of Iowa

At the University of Iowa Driving Safety Research Institute, you'll find what looks like an unremarkable airport shuttle bus. However, this vehicle has the ability to drive autonomously and is one of the only buses in the world that can do so on gravel roads.

University of Iowa senior and wrestler Nanea Estrella was getting ready to leave her home in Maui before the start of the 2023-2024 school year when fires began to overtake the western coastal town of Lahaina.

An Iowan and a University of Iowa student share their personal accounts of the deadly Maui wildfires that occurred this August.

The pregame campus stop was a reminder of Trump’s dominant position atop a crowded Republican field both in Iowa and nationally. Several of his rivals also attended the game, mingling with fans at pregame tailgates outside the stadium, but Trump got by far the most attention and hasn’t paid a price yet for skipping the closer interactions with voters that are a cherished Iowa political tradition.

Guests discuss headlines from the week, including former President Donald Trump attending the Iowa vs. Iowa State football game in Ames on Saturday.

Also, the closure of Iowa Wesleyan University left many collections of research materials without a home, including 50,000 preserved insects dating back to the 1920s. The University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums are stepping in to take over the collection.

Acclaimed Indigenous health researcher Dr. Donald Warne gave the MLK Human Rights Week Distinguished Lecture at the University of Iowa Healthcare and Clinics earlier this year. He joins this encore episode of Talk of Iowa to discuss his work.

West Maui has begun a slow recovery after the deadliest U.S. fire in a century left a death toll of more than 100.

Three veteran journalists in western Iowa have joined forces to serve English and Spanish-speaking residents with a free weekly newspaper.

University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson discusses the UI’s move to acquire Mercy Hospital of Iowa City and shares her thoughts on academic freedom, the independence of public universities and more.