The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center recently hosted its annual Business Plan Competition, awarding $51,000 in cash prizes to 41 students from all majors across campus who presented the best plans for their business ideas.

The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has named three professors as Collegiate Fellows, the college’s highest faculty honor, in recognition of their distinguished teaching, research, and service.

The University of Iowa Office of the Provost has selected four collaborative administrative initiatives to receive funding from the Provost Investment Fund (PIF) in addition to the five academic initiatives selected in February.

The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine celebrated Match Day on Friday, March 15. A total of 136 students in the college participated in the match through the National Residency Matching Program, and 35 percent of those students will receive their training in Iowa.

A University of Iowa researcher has been named a fellow to the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science. Marc Armstrong, professor in the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, will be honored as a UCGIS fellow at the organization’s June 2019 Symposium in Washington, D.C.

Leigh Marshall, a MFA playwright in the UI Theatre Arts Program, debuted her play Laterality in February. The play, about twin brothers, one of whom has lung cancer, draws upon Marshall's feelings about death. Marshall's father died of cancer when she was 16 years old.

Several start-up ideas from University of Iowa students were awarded cash prizes in various categories in the Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (Iowa JPEC) IdeaStorm competitions recently.

The University of Iowa’s Distance and Online Education Instructional Design Team has won a 2019 OLC Effective Practice Award.

Gregory LeFevre, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a researcher at the UI’s IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering research center, recently received the National Science Foundation’s prestigious CAREER award for his stormwater research.

Researchers at the University of Iowa have been awarded funding to design and use smart technology to maximize crop yields and use water more efficiently in rural agriculture. he four-year, $1.6 million grant is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.