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CLAS recognizes graduates with distinction, honors, and Phi Beta Kappa membership

Friday, May 4, 2018
View the list of May 2018 CLAS graduates with distinction, honors, and Phi Beta Kappa membership.

UI team's Princi'Pal' app takes top honors at annual competition

Wednesday, May 2, 2018
A team from the University of Iowa captured the top spot in an annual competition sponsored by the Principal Financial Group that helps the Des Moines–based financial services company better market its product line.

World-renowned soprano Michèle Crider to receive honorary degree from UI

Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Michèle Crider, one of the world’s preeminent sopranos, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Iowa during the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences commencement ceremony at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 12.

101st Finkbine Dinner honors students, faculty, staff, and alumni

Wednesday, April 25, 2018
University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and alumni received some of the institution’s highest honors on April 10 at the 101st Finkbine Dinner.

Gov. Reynolds honors UI ROTC students for achievements

Wednesday, April 25, 2018
The awards honor the cadets for leadership, academics, and military achievement.

UI celebrates excellence in research, scholarship, entrepreneurship

Tuesday, April 24, 2018
University of Iowa thinkers, explorers, mentors, creators, and inventors were celebrated for their work during the Office of Research and Economic Development’s annual Discovery and Innovation Awards Ceremony on April 17.

UI alum Kyle Ketelsen finds success on opera stages around the world

Tuesday, April 24, 2018
University of Iowa alumnus Kyle Ketelsen, who has performed for the world’s leading opera companies and orchestras, says his degree from the UI prepared him for the spotlight.

Kerber receives prestigious award from Organization of American Historians

Monday, April 23, 2018
During its annual meeting, the Organization of American Historians (OAH) presented Linda Kerber, professor emerita in the Department of History in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, with the prestigious 2018 Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award.

UI and its Landscape Services Tree Crew honored with 2017 Tree Campus USA award

Wednesday, April 18, 2018
The University of Iowa and the Facilities Management Landscape Services Tree Crew were recently honored with the 2017 Tree Campus USA award at the 28th Annual Community Forestry Awards Luncheon in Des Moines.

UI student-owned business wins prestigious startup competition

Thursday, April 12, 2018
ABAL Therapeutics, a business started by three University of Iowa students that designs software providing therapy for children with autism, recently won the grand prize at Texas Christian University’s prestigious Values and Ventures business startup competition.