A video recording of the winter 2016 UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and University College commencement ceremony is now available for viewing. The ceremony was held Dec. 17.

A video recording of the winter 2016 UI Graduate College commencement ceremony is available for viewing. The ceremony was held Dec. 16.

A video recording of the winter 2016 UI College of Education Teacher Education Convocation is now available for viewing. The ceremony was held Dec. 16.

Caitlin Danielson will become the first UI student to graduate with majors in computer science and engineering within the Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree. The degree is a joint effort between the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

The UI College of Engineering's Automated Vehicle Systems Inc. class is run more like a startup company, and engages students in ways not usually found in typical class work.

On July 1, 2016, Diane Slusarski became departmental executive officer of the University of Iowa Department of Biology. Slusarski is the first woman to lead the department, and she aims to set a new course while being an example of female leadership in a STEM field.

The University of Iowa Executive Master of Health Administration program is open to working health care professionals, whether clinicians or managers, who want to move into leadership positions. This fall, the EMHA program was expanded to The John and Mary Pappajohn Education Center in Des Moines.

Crissa Stephens, a graduate student in the Department of Teaching and Learning, has been given a doctoral dissertation grant from the International Research Foundation (TIRF) for her research project called Language Policy and Multilingual Identity at Home and in School.

UI College of Education alum Sara Johnston has earned the President’s Award for Interprofessional Teamwork from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, where she serves as an assistant professor.

Lori Ihrig, supervisor for curriculum and instruction at the Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa, has earned the Yager Educational Accomplishment Honor.

Efthymia Kapnoula, who received master's and doctorate degrees in psychology from the University of Iowa, has received the 2016 European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP) Early Career Publication Award.

Tom Brokaw, a noted journalist whose career has spanned over five decades, announced that his personal papers will be preserved at the University of Iowa Libraries. The collection, including Brokaw’s brushes with some of history’s most fascinating and frustrating events, will become available to students and scholars beginning in 2017.