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Longevity Awards, January 2018

Wednesday, March 21, 2018
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.

13 UI graduate programs ranked among nation's best

Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Each year, “U.S. News & World Report” ranks professional schools in business, education, engineering, law, medicine, and nursing. Read the 2019 rankings for each respective college at the UI.

Curry appointed chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Monday, March 12, 2018
Sue Curry, University of Iowa interim executive vice president and provost, has been appointed as chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

NADS researchers honored for work improving safety for teenage drivers

Thursday, March 8, 2018
Cher Carney and Michelle Reyes, research associates in the National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS), will receive the Iowa Commissioner’s Special Award for Traffic Safety during ceremonies in Des Moines on April 26 to recognize their work with teen driver safety.

Longevity Awards, December 2017

Tuesday, February 27, 2018
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, November 2017

Tuesday, February 27, 2018
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 2017

Tuesday, February 27, 2018
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.

Distinguished Hawkeye helped advance racial equality in the US

Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Luther Smith’s achievements were many. A Tuskegee Airmen pilot, he was a decorated World War II hero. He experienced discrimination throughout his life, especially after the war when he worked as an aerospace engineer, a time when few black men or women held such positions. He was also a Hawkeye.

Vaughan Institute ranked among top university insurance and risk management education and research programs

Tuesday, February 20, 2018
The University of Iowa’s Vaughan Institute for Risk Management and Insurance was ranked among the top 20 undergraduate insurance and risk management programs in the country by Best’s Review, an industry trade publication.

UI named top producer of US Fulbright students for third consecutive year

Monday, February 19, 2018
The University of Iowa has again been named a top producer of Fulbright students for 2017–18 with 16 recipients, marking the third year in a row the university has achieved the elite ranking.