A University of Iowa search committee has announced the third finalist for the next associate provost and dean of the Graduate College.

Barbara J. Wilson, executive vice president and vice president for academic affairs for the University of Illinois System, will become the 22nd president of the University of Iowa.

The UI recently was awarded a level II accreditation by the ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program, meeting advanced standards that recognize the UI campus as an arboretum dedicated to public education and engagement.

The University of Iowa Presidential Search Committee and the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, will meet in the Levitt Center for Advancement on April 29-30.

The next meeting of the University of Iowa presidential search committee will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 28.

Daniel L. Clay, dean of the University of Iowa College of Education, will visit campus on April 22—23 to meet with faculty, staff, and students.

Wendy F. Hensel, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, will visit campus on April 19—20 to meet with faculty, staff, and students.

Tracie Morris, professor of poetry at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, has received a Guggenheim fellowship to write a book and craft a play about influential actor and playwright Ira Aldridge. The fellowship provides six to 12 months’ funding for artists, scholars, and writers to pursue creative project

Barbara J. Wilson, executive vice president and vice president for academic affairs for the University of Illinois System in Urbana, Illinois, will visit campus on April 15—16 to meet with faculty, staff, and students.

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, has announced the first finalist for the next president of the University of Iowa.

Guowei Qi, a fourth-year student from West Des Moines, Iowa, has been named one of 17 Churchill scholars in the nation.

The Henry Fund, the University of Iowa’s graduate student-managed investment fund, was recently named the top fund in its class based on its performance in 2020.