University of Iowa physicists use a special furnace to produce a key piece of equipment whose manufacturing process was once lost to history. The UI is one of a handful of academic institutions worldwide with a furnace capable of reproducing the magnetic instrument, called a ring core.

UI alumni Tanner Salinas, a graduate of the UI REACH program, is a guest services employee for the Chicago Cubs. “In my mind, I think, yes, I have a disability, but I can do whatever you can do ...,’’ says Salinas, who has cerebral palsy.

Dillon Constant is working with his hometown of Newton, Iowa, through a partnership between the community, the UI, and Grinnell College intended to develop community-based programs that support and promote health and obesity prevention.

In 2001, Professor Jerald Moon partnered with ITS to create Sounds of Speech, a website for his students that taught the pronunciation of English language sounds. Now a mobile app and a website, Sounds of Speech is used by English language learners around the world.

Two generations of Iowa City’s Roeder family are attending the University of Iowa this spring semester.

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.

University of Iowa graduate student Andrew Tubbs uses personal experiences and his passion for the arts to support and advocate for people with disabilities on campus and in the community.

University of Iowa marketing students are helping three counties in north central Iowa brand the outdoor recreational activities in their area.

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.

Iowa Law student Winnie Uluocha established an endowment that will help cover the costs of visits to the College of Law for students from underrepresented groups. Uluocha, a member of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee at Iowa Law, hopes the endowment will create a more diverse campus.

Nonmajor students took more than 10,000 semester hours of classes in the Division of Performing Arts during the 2017–18 academic year. There they develop new passions, stay connected to their art, and learn skills that translate to their future careers.

University of Iowa researchers are partnering with school districts in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City to enroll elementary-age children in novel research to better understand how they identify, and recognize, words. The project, led by Bob McMurray, professor in the UI’s Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, begins this spring.