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Faculty, staff, students honored with 2023 Hancher-Finkbine Awards

Monday, April 17, 2023
Eleven University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and alumni received awards April 11 at the 106th Finkbine Dinner Celebration. Sara Sanders, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, hosted the program, and Executive Vice President and Provost Kevin Kregel presented the awards.
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Physics student Leiberton named 2023 Goldwater Scholar

Monday, April 17, 2023
Jeff Leiberton, a junior from West Des Moines, Iowa, was named a recipient of the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.
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UI research lab suffers total loss in March 31 storm

Tuesday, April 4, 2023
The University of Iowa’s James Street Laboratory suffered a total loss from a severe storm that passed through the Iowa City/Coralville community on March 31 and will need to be rebuilt.
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Relive Iowa's tremendous run to the NCAA final

Saturday, April 1, 2023
Iowa’s magical postseason run fell one win short of a national title.

Meet the Queen Kong of Hoops, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark

Her name is Caitlin Clark. She was just named the Naismith Player of the Year, for the top women’s b-baller in the country. And if you watch her this Friday night against the undefeated South Carolina on ESPN in the NCAA women’s Final Four, bring your inhaler, because she’ll take your breath away.
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Reimagining Campus Safety Action Committee shares spring 2023 update

Thursday, March 2, 2023
The University of Iowa continues to make progress on campus safety and student well-being initiatives following recommendations from the Reimagining Campus Safety Action Committee in August 2021.
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Data for decades: Cancer registry has profound impact

Wednesday, February 15, 2023
For 50 years, the Iowa Cancer Registry, at the University of Iowa, has served the state of Iowa as the trusted source for high-quality cancer data. The registry’s efforts inform research and prompt prevention, screening, and treatment.
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UI students receive degrees after fall 2022 semester

Wednesday, January 18, 2023
The University of Iowa awarded more than 2,000 degrees at the close of the fall 2022 semester.
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Former UI president Willard “Sandy” Boyd dies at age 95

Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Willard “Sandy” Boyd served as UI’s 15th president from 1969 to 1981, returned as a law professor in 1996, and served as interim president in 2002–03. He formally retired from the university in 2015, though he continued to share his wisdom with any faculty member or administrator who sought him out.
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Boyd responsible for forming UI Foundation in 1956

Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Throughout his more than 65 years at the University of Iowa, Sandy Boyd served our institution in many capacities. One of his earliest tasks was helping to conceive and establish the University of Iowa Foundation (now known as the UI Center for Advancement).
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ICYMI: Homecoming 2022

Wednesday, November 2, 2022
The University of Iowa’s 2022 Homecoming festivities provided faculty, staff, students, and alumni with a lot to cheer about throughout the week, including a 33-13 victory over Northwestern at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 29.
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Iowa's world-class wrestling facility to be named for Goschke family

Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Pending Board of Regents, State of Iowa, approval at its meeting on Nov. 9–10, the University of Iowa will name its new world-class wrestling training facility in honor of Doug and Ann Goschke’s generous support.