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6 faculty members awarded for excellence

Thursday, February 17, 2022
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
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
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
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
UI students receive degrees after the fall 2021 semester.

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

Thursday, January 20, 2022
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
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
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
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.

Astronomers identify potential clue to reionization of universe

Friday, January 7, 2022
Astronomers led by the University of Iowa have identified a potential clue to how the universe became reionized after the Big Bang. The researchers identified a black hole, a million times as bright as our sun, that may have been similar to the sources that powered the universe’s reionization.