University of Iowa researchers are partnering with school districts in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City to enroll elementary-age children in novel research to better understand how they identify, and recognize, words. The project, led by Bob McMurray, professor in the UI’s Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, begins this spring.

University of Iowa Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Casey Harwood is studying an amphibious vehicle, a Gibbs Quadski, to better understand how the machine will perform in coastal waves—a notoriously difficult zone of operation.