President Harreld welcomes new and returning Hawkeyes to campus for the fall semester and discusses some of the upcoming decisions and potential changes at the university in the coming year.

In the days before the start of classes, new students came together to bond with one another and learn about the Iowa experience. Check out a photo gallery of their experiences, including Iowa Edge activities, Kickoff at Kinnick, Convocation and the Block Party, and more.

Angela Lamb, assistant director of academic support and retention at University College, talks about her experience as a first-generation college student, as well as some of the programs and initiatives available to first-generation students at the University of Iowa.

Faculty and staff, as you prepare to settle in for the fall semester, here are a few stories you may have missed while enjoying summer.

University of Iowa graduate students Ana-Monica Racila and Serena Gumusoglu have been awarded funding to pursue academic work and lead innovative community projects that empower women and girls. The awards are from the American Association of University Women.

Because Iowa provides students with a wealth of opportunities, some free resources can get lost in the jumble. Here are five options to help students study, prepare for the future, or just have a good time.

While hundreds of University of Iowa students spent their summer completing internships in their chosen fields of interest, a group of about 60 students took their experiences to the next level by completing internships abroad—allowing them to gain global experience while strengthening their intercultural communication skills and building confidence.

Three Iowa faculty members have been awarded Fulbright grants to conduct research, study, or teach abroad in 2019–20.

A new collaborative project between the University of Iowa and Des Moines Area Community College aims to increase the number of secondary school mathematics teachers from underrepresented communities in Iowa teaching in high-need school districts.

Two former UI graduate students have won the 2019 D.C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize. Rajula Elango, who earned a PhD in integrated biology in 2017, won in the Biological and Life Sciences category. Stefan Schöeberlein, who earned a PhD in English in 2018, won in the Humanities and Fine Arts category.

Dana Thomann, lecturer in the Department of Rhetoric, collaborated with Academic Support and Retention to start a pilot program that embeds peer tutors in rhetoric classrooms. The goal is to use peer support to improve student learning, and the results so far are promising.

University of Iowa student interns work with small towns on the route so they’re ready for their RAGBRAI fame.