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3 UI faculty elected fellows of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

Friday, February 18, 2022
Written by: By Jason Kosovski
Donald Anderson, Gary Christensen, and Harriet Nembhard have been named members of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows.

6 faculty members awarded for excellence

Thursday, February 17, 2022
Written by: Office of Strategic Communication
The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, honored six University of Iowa faculty members for their exceptional contributions and sustained record of excellence.

PhD student's painting of Old Capitol to commemorate presidential installation, Iowa's 175th anniversary

Thursday, February 10, 2022
Written by: Emily Nelson
University of Iowa student Gul Rukh Mehboob will return to Pakistan with a PhD, and through her art, leave a piece of herself behind in Iowa.

7 Iowa faculty named AAAS fellows

Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Written by: Richard C. Lewis
Seven University of Iowa researchers have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general-scientific society.

Six UI online programs earn U.S. News honors

Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Written by: Office of Strategic Communication
U.S. News & World Report has ranked six University of Iowa programs among the best in the country in its new ranking of online programs.

UI students receive degrees after the fall 2021 semester

Friday, January 21, 2022
Written by: Office of Strategic Communication
UI students receive degrees after the fall 2021 semester.

UI students named to dean’s list for fall 2021 semester

Thursday, January 20, 2022
Written by: Office of Strategic Communication
Nearly 1,800 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean’s list for the 2021 fall semester.

UI students named to president’s list for fall 2021 semester

Thursday, January 20, 2022
Written by: Office of Strategic Communication
More than 800 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the president’s list for the 2021 fall semester.

Legendary Iowa space physicist Donald Gurnett dies

Thursday, January 13, 2022
Written by: Richard C. Lewis
Donald Gurnett, a pioneering space scientist whose career as a student, teacher, and researcher at the University of Iowa spanned more than 60 years, died on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. He was 81.

Biologists identify neural circuits associated with aging

Monday, January 10, 2022
Written by: Richard C. Lewis
University of Iowa biologists have identified neural circuits associated with aging in fruit flies. Some circuits remain the same no matter the fly's age, while others weaken over the fly's life span.