Academics

UI dentistry students look after schoolchildren’s teeth in Postville, Waukon

Friday, July 28, 2017
The University of Iowa Colleges of Dentistry and Education came together to create Project SEALED (Service, Engagement, and LifeCareer Education in Dentistry), which sends UI dental students into Iowa communities to look after schoolchildren’s teeth.
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UI’s Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities working with RAGBRAI waypoint Decorah to build sustainable future

Friday, July 28, 2017
Through the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities, University of Iowa students and faculty are partnering with Iowa communities along the RAGBRAI route build a more sustainable future. Check out what they’ve accomplished so far in RAGBRAI stop Decorah.
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UI business students aim to boost RAGBRAI’s economic impact on Protivin, other towns along route

Thursday, July 27, 2017
Protivin is getting a helping hand from some Hawkeyes during this year’s RAGBRAI ride. This is the third year that Iowa JPEC students will help draw attention to businesses on the RAGBRAI route. Their goal? Maximize the economic impact of RAGBRAI and try to make that impact sustainable.

Rural Clerkship Program introducing law students to small towns like RAGBRAI stop Garner

Tuesday, July 25, 2017
The UI College of Law and the Iowa State Bar Association have teamed up to encourage law students to practice in rural areas. The summer Rural Clerkship Program provides opportunities for law students to work at small-town practices in places like Garner, Iowa, a stop on the RAGBRAI route.
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UI athletic department sets the PACE with job-shadow program for student-athletes

Friday, July 21, 2017
The UI Department of Athletics’ PACE program provides career guidance and on-the-job work experience to help busy Hawkeye student-athletes build their résumés.

President Harreld: Faculty research, scholarship key to student achievement

Thursday, July 20, 2017
President Harreld discusses the importance of faculty research and scholarship to student success, noting that when faculty pursue their own academic interests, they both expand our knowledge and inspire their students.

UI’s Belin-Blank Center receives national grants worth more than $2 million

Tuesday, July 11, 2017
The National Science Foundation and Jack Kent Cooke Foundation have awarded the Belin-Blank Center grants to enhance and expand the STEM Excellence and Leadership program in rural schools in Iowa.

UI students receive degrees after 2017 spring semester

Thursday, June 29, 2017
The University of Iowa awarded nearly 4,300 degrees at the close of the 2017 spring semester.

UI students named to president’s list for spring 2017

Thursday, June 29, 2017
More than 400 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the president’s list for the 2017 spring semester.

UI students named to dean’s list for spring 2017

Thursday, June 29, 2017
More than 4,800 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean’s list for the 2017 spring semester.

Washington state family proud to be joining UI’s REACH program

Cindi and Tony Williams of Washington state are the parents of recently admitted UI REACH student Joshua Williams. They recount their experience of finding the right higher education program for their son in a column in The Seattle Times.

UI names 2017–18 BTAA ALP fellows

Thursday, June 22, 2017
The University of Iowa has named five faculty recipients of 2017–18 Big Ten Academic Alliance Leadership Program fellowships.