Like many basketball fans, UI students Charlie Ruff and James Micheli participated in an NCAA basketball tournament bracket challenge this spring. But while most such challenges award the winners with a lunch or small cash payoff, Ruff and Micheli won something different—internships.

University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld has appointed Dan Matheson the new chair of the Presidential Committee on Athletics. Matheson replaces Liz Hollingworth, who served two years as chair and will begin a two-year term as a faculty athletics representative on the committee.

The Iowa MBA program’s student-managed Henry Fund investment portfolio was recently named the winner of its class in the GAME Forum, the largest student-managed investment competition in the world.

The department is one of the oldest and largest programs of its kind and has been training students and serving clients with speech, language, and hearing disorders for more than 60 years.

Four University of Iowa debaters won a national title March 18 at the Cross Examination Debate Association National Tournament.

A team of University of Iowa MBA finance students won the local final of the CFA Institute Research Challenge, a global competition that provides university students with hands-on mentoring and intensive training in financial analysis.

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.

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.

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.

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