The Librarian of Congress announced the appointment of Joy Harjo, Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumna, as the nation’s 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2019-20. Harjo will begin her duties in the fall, opening the library’s annual literary season on Sept. 19 with a reading of her work.

Iowa Writers' Workshop alumna Joy Harjo was named U.S. poet laureate, the first Native American poet to hold the post.

Iowa Writers' Workshop alumna Joy Harjo was named the first Native American U.S. poet laureate. Harjo received an MFA from the UI in 1970.

University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital is listed among the nation’s best in six specialties, according to the new 2019-20 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings published online by “U.S. News & World Report,” the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice.

Four distinguished College of Liberal Arts and Sciences alumni have been honored as Alumni Fellows and invited to campus to speak to classes, meet with small groups of faculty and students, and make a public presentation based on their experiences since leaving the University of Iowa.

More than 5,700 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean’s list for the 2019 spring semester.

The University of Iowa awarded more than 4,800 degrees at the close of the 2019 spring semester.

More than 600 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the president’s list for the 2019 spring semester.

Kathy Bialk, assistant provost and director of Student Financial Aid at the University of Iowa, and Kelly Carrell, associate director of Student Financial Aid at the UI, earned the designation of Certified Financial Aid Administrator (CFAA).

The University of Iowa’s instructional design team will present at an international convention for instructional design, the 2019 AECT International Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The UI’s proposal was accepted by Association for Educational Communications and Technologies in a competitive selection process.