The University of Iowa has launched the Accessible Iowa: The Countdown to Digital Accessibility initiative to ensure that its digital content — ranging from websites and course materials to systems, services, and programs — meets the latest federal accessibility standards. This university-wide effort follows the U.S. Department of Justice’s updated rule under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires full compliance by April 24, 2026.

The co-chairs of a committee tasked with selecting the next University of Iowa associate provost for graduate and professional education and dean of the Graduate College are seeking internal applications for the position.

First-to-second-year undergraduate student retention increased to more than 90% in fall 2024.

Faculty resignations decreased 11% in the past year due to numerous leadership, education, and support programs.

The University of Iowa’s Accessibility Task Force has launched a new website to serve as the hub for all accessibility-related resources and information. The new site, accessibility.uiowa.edu, also will provide updates about new accessibility initiatives and allow campus members to ask questions that will be answered in an FAQ that will be updated consistently.

A committee formed to review the University of Iowa’s use of the Macbride Nature Recreation Area (MNRA) is on track to complete its review and submit its report to President Barbara Wilson by May 1.

Congratulations to the participants, volunteers, donors, and families involved in the University of Iowa's Dance Marathon 31, which took place Feb. 7—8 at the Iowa Memorial Union.

The University of Iowa has welcomed a new cohort of alumni at the close of the fall 2024 semester, with many Hawkeyes receiving their degrees.

U.S. News & World Report has ranked nine University of Iowa programs among the best in the country in its new ranking of online programs.

Nearly 1,000 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the president’s list for the 2024 fall semester.

More than 8,700 students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean’s list for the 2024 fall semester.

A new mass email policy for campus will go into effect on Monday, Jan. 13. The policy, administered by the Office of the Vice President for External Relations and the Office of Strategic Communication, is the result of a campus communications survey and evaluation of existing policies of peer and other Big Ten institutions.

You can’t complain when you have a cookie in your mouth. That’s one of the reasons why Josh Smith bakes and shares cookies with his coworkers at the University of Iowa, and has for many years.

Patrick Johanns, Tippie College of Business associate professor of instruction, has a side gig as Santa Claus during the holiday season to spread cheer to area children.

Edudzi “Eddie” Etsey, UI associate athletics director for technology and data analytics, began the nonprofit Eddies Teddies to provide educational and health resources to children in Ghana.

On the last day of fall classes 50 years ago, the December weather was so delightful that University of Iowa School of Music professor Bob Yeats and his tuba students decided to stage a spontaneous holiday concert on the Pentacrest lawn. 

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education awards UI a gold rating for its sustainability efforts in curriculum, energy use, and more.

A group of 32 students from the United States have been selected to attend the University of Oxford as part of the prestigious Rhodes scholar program in the coming year among an international class representing more than 70 nations, scholarship officials announced. Iowa's Paras Bassuk is among this year's recipients.

The University of Iowa’s new Veteran and Military Council will offer support to faculty and staff who are Veterans and military members, as well as provide mentoring to students.

The University of Iowa is seeking permission from the Iowa Board of Regents to proceed with remodeling the old Art Building, once a vibrant part of the university’s arts campus that has been vacant since the 2008 flood, to become the future home of the Graduate College.