Building on the success of its first high-performance computing (HPC) cluster, the UI is now building a second “supercomputer” that will be available to researchers early next year. The Board of Regents, State of Iowa on Wednesday approved the purchase of the new system, which will significantly boost the university’s HPC capacity from 3,700 to 6,132 processor cores.

Undergraduate enrollment at the University of Iowa is holding steady after last fall’s record high, with 21,974 students compared to 21,999 in 2012.

The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases when it convenes at the University of Iowa College of Law as part of the law school’s annual Supreme Court Day events on Friday, Sept. 20.

UI junior Sarah Holm is working with the IPIG on a campaign to encourage more professors to replace expensive textbooks with journal articles or open textbooks, a resource that provides certain books for free online with print versions costing around 80 percent less than a traditional textbook.

UI May 2013 graduate Sarah Petitt shares her experiences as a summer intern for the UI Huntington's Disease Society of America Center for Excellence and how it inspired her to become an advocate for those who have this incurable neurodegenerative disease.

When Mark Hankins was hired as the head men’s golf coach at the University of Iowa in 2008, the program was ranked 155th in the nation. It didn’t take Hankins long to elevate the program into a national presence.

In the first week of classes alone, the Information Technology Services Help Desk assisted nearly 5,600 faculty, staff, and students with technology questions—about 3½ times the volume of a typical week in the semester.

University of Iowa officials briefed members of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa Facilities Committee today, Tuesday, Sept. 10, on progress toward soliciting ideas and potential partners for a new home for the UI Museum of Art, which was displaced from its building along the Iowa River by the 2008 flood.

The UI’s Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities (IISC) and the City of Muscatine are launching a partnership focusing on key projects for the city’s long-term sustainability. Students in art, business, engineering, public health, rhetoric, and urban planning will work under the direction of UI faculty and Muscatine leaders.

The Pentacrest will be a busy place on Thursday, Sept. 12 as two campus events will take place near the Old Capitol.

The UI Army ROTC Cadets will continue a tradition of running the Cy-Hawk football series game ball from Iowa City to Ames Friday, Sept. 13 as part of the Army ROTC 28th Annual Game Ball Run, collecting nonperishable items for the Iowa Troop Pantry in advance and along the way.

Sydney Johnson, a Des Moines native, was determined to study abroad while at the UI. She chose a small Italian town off the beaten path to hone her language skills.