Professor Steve McGuire teaches an innovative and unique class at the University of Iowa, Fabrication and Design: Hand Built Bicycle. This semester’s 13 students, in their first or second year of the class, represent a passionate sector of the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) curriculum.

A team of University of Iowa finance majors will represent the state in a national finance research competition.

The University of Iowa graphic design program is about to take center stage as computer software giant Adobe descends on campus with its unique Creative Jam series. During the high-profile design event, UI students will have an opportunity to compete, collaborate, and showcase their talents for peers and local professionals.

Each year, dozens of University of Iowa students and faculty choose to skip three weeks of the cold Midwest winter and instead take part in an observational learning program called India Winterim, where they observe firsthand the work of award-winning Indian nongovernmental organizations.

Professors and graduate students from the University of Iowa are working with students from the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School to build a robot. The IESBVI team, the Dark Side, is competing in the First Robotics Competition in Cedar Falls, which will take place March 23 through 25.

UI President Bruce Harreld explains how the Strategic Plan 2016 to 2021 promotes student achievement and shares some examples of the outstanding Iowa programs and facilities that help Hawkeyes succeed.

Every year, UI faculty member Bob Walker takes a group of entrepreneurial students to consult with small-business owners in San Pedro Columbia, Belize. Last fall, UI student Mackenzie Phillips visited on her own as part of a research assignment and found that Walker’s efforts have made a big difference.

“The New York Times” uses big data to tell big stories. Leading the visual storytelling effort at the “Times” is UI alumnus Matthew Ericson, an early advocate of visual journalism and a former staff member of the University of Iowa’s “Daily Iowan.”

The University of Iowa again will host 25 young business and government leaders from several African countries this summer as part of the U.S. State Department Mandela Washington Fellowship for African Leaders.

The Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Board of Trustees named University of Iowa Executive Vice President and Provost Barry Butler president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, effective March 13.

Al Jarreau, a versatile vocalist who sold millions of records and won a string of Grammys, died on Feb. 12 in Los Angeles. He was 76. Jarreau earned a master’s in vocational rehabilitation from the University of Iowa in 1964.

The Pomerantz Career Center offers for-credit classes that show UI students, particularly those with liberal arts majors, how to use their academic background to find jobs and start their careers.