A team of biomedical engineers who designed a bra as University of Iowa students that helps breast cancer survivors with lymphedema won a $10,000 prize from Victoria’s Secret that will help them commercialize the garment.

University of Iowa Staff Council’s service-recognition program acknowledges all professional and scientific and merit supervisory exempt and confidential 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.

University of Iowa Staff Council’s service-recognition program acknowledges all professional and scientific and merit supervisory exempt and confidential 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.

University of Iowa Staff Council’s service-recognition program acknowledges all professional and scientific and merit supervisory exempt and confidential 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.

Kevin Kregel, University of Iowa executive vice provost and senior associate provost for faculty and professor of human physiology, recently was named vice president-elect for science policy at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB).

Kevin Kregel has been appointed executive vice provost and senior associate provost for faculty at the University of Iowa. Kregel most recently served as associate provost for faculty, a position he held since September 2014. He began the new role July 15.

Grants and other funding that support University of Iowa research and scholarship reached an all-time high in FY19, bolstered in part by increased support from the Department of Defense and the National Science Foundation. Total external funding to the UI increased 6%, or $34.8 million, to an unprecedented $588.8 million.

For the 15th straight year, the University of Iowa has been designated a “Best Buy” in the Fiske Guide to Colleges.

Steve Duck, Daniel and Amy Starch Distinguished Research Chair and department chair in rhetoric, has been awarded the Mark L. Knapp Award in Interpersonal Communication by the National Communication Association.

Corinne Peek-Asa, associate dean for research for the University of Iowa College of Public Health and professor in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, will deliver Iowa’s 37th annual Presidential Lecture on Feb. 16, 2020.