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UI students named to president’s list for fall 2018

Wednesday, February 6, 2019
More than 450 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the president’s list for the 2018 fall semester.

UI students named to dean’s list for fall 2018

Wednesday, February 6, 2019
More than 5,600 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean’s list for the 2018 fall semester.

UI students receive degrees after 2018 fall semester

Wednesday, February 6, 2019
The University of Iowa awarded more than 1,500 degrees at the close of the 2018 fall semester. Download the list from "Iowa Now."

Longevity Awards, December 2018

Wednesday, February 6, 2019
University of Iowa Staff Council’s service-recognition program acknowledges all professional and scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation.

Longevity Awards, November 2018

Wednesday, February 6, 2019
University of Iowa Staff Council’s service-recognition program acknowledges all professional and scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President.

Longevity Awards, October 2018

Wednesday, February 6, 2019
University of Iowa Staff Council’s service-recognition program acknowledges all professional and scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President.

Longevity Awards, September 2018

Wednesday, February 6, 2019
University of Iowa Staff Council’s service-recognition program acknowledges professional and scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President.

UI team helps find gene integral to animal and human hearing

Tuesday, February 5, 2019
A team of biologists co-led by the University of Iowa has found a gene that is integral to animal and human hearing. The gene, called Neurod1, orchestrates a sequence of gene expression activities that are essential for forming the frequency-specific connection between the ear and the brain.

Crocodiles have complex past

Wednesday, January 30, 2019
A new study co-led by a University of Iowa researcher paints a complex evolutionary past for modern-day alligators and crocodiles. The analysis states modern crocodiles and alligators came from a variety of surroundings beginning in the early Jurassic Period, and various species occupied a host of ecosystems over time, including land, estuarine, freshwater and marine.

From Iowa farm to UI physics faculty

Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Jane Nachtman grew up on a family farm in eastern Iowa, barely knowing what a physicist was. Now, the University of Iowa alumna is an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at her alma mater and is a leading figure in the field of particle physics.