The University of Iowa search committee tasked with helping the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, select a new president considered 79 applications at its March 26 meeting, and from that pool, selected 12 candidates who will be interviewed today and Friday, April 1–2.

The University of Iowa has confirmed the dates of its 2021–22 academic calendar with no changes made to the start or end dates for fall 2021, spring 2022, or summer 2022. The calendar also includes an optional four-week winter session beginning Dec. 20 and a weeklong spring break in March 2022.

In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, Ballet Des Moines and Hancher Auditorium have come together to create Dance Into Spring, a state-crossing collaboration featuring outdoor performances in Des Moines, Iowa City, and Muscatine. The free performances offer the opportunity for attendees to gather together for performances celebrating the spirit of renewal.

Nyah Davis is a mathematics major from Des Moines, Iowa, whose algebra research focuses on the representation theory of quivers, or directed graphs. Jack Lynn is a biomedical engineering major from Bettendorf, Iowa, who studies computational biochemistry, specifically RNA biomolecular simulation.

The University of Iowa has 10 programs ranked among the top 10 of U.S. colleges and universities in the 2022 “U.S. News & World Report” rankings of graduate and professional schools.

Iowa Board of Regents President Michael Richards has announced that University of Iowa Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate College John Keller will serve as interim president until the next permanent UI president begins their duties.

The next meeting of the University of Iowa presidential search committee will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, March 26.

Sara Sanders has been named dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) after serving in the role as interim since July 2020. She will begin in the permanent role on March 15.

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, has updated the timeline for the University of Iowa presidential search.

The annual report finds Black people in Iowa are getting cancer and dying from it at higher rates than any other group in the state.

The next meeting of the University of Iowa presidential search committee will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday, March 5.

The University of Iowa is asking community members for feedback on three campus safety prototypes developed by the Reimagining Campus Safety Action Committee.