This year, our students graduate under extraordinary circumstances that demand we step up to meet unprecedented challenges.

Biological agents at the University of Iowa’s Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank are being enlisted in the quest to fight the novel coronavirus.

The University of Iowa Council on Teaching named 30 teaching assistants as recipients of the 2020 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.

Val Sheffield, the Roy J. Carver Chair in Molecular Genetics at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, has been elected to the 2020 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics and the UI College of Engineering work to decontaminate and extend the life of personal protective equipment.

Faith leaders from across the state, including Robert Cargill, UI associate professor of classics and religious studies, look at how practices are changing and aiding the faithful during COVID-19.

Bighley Chair and Professor in the UI College of Pharmacy Aliasger Salem was interviewed by National Geographic for the article, “Why a coronavirus vaccine could take way longer than a year.” Salem discusses the vaccine development process in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

With professional-grade face shields for health care providers running low, the University of Iowa’s medical device design business is using materials provided by Iowa manufacturers to build the coronavirus-fighting tools by the thousands.

The University of Iowa has been named an official Fair Trade University, a designation made upon the passing of a student-led resolution that calls for the university’s commitment to procure and sell fair trade items.

The University of Iowa’s most prestigious awards for faculty, staff, and students were announced April 21 on the Hancher-Finkbine website.

A resolution Manders co-wrote with student government leaders has inspired action not only from UI Student Government, but university faculty and administration—and now other higher education institutions across Iowa.

We Stand Together—it’s a mantra we’ve heard time and again this past month as our world deals with the impact of COVID-19.