A team of Tippie MBA students finished in second place in the finals of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s MBA Case Competition held Nov. 30 in Washington, D.C.

Sophisticated equipment such as computer numerical control (CNC) machines help students and faculty bring their visions to reality, experiment on a grand scale, and push the envelope in their disciplines.

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Bernadine Franks graduates from the University of Iowa in December 2018.

Two scientists from the University of Iowa have been named 2018 American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows. Ann Budd, in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Madeline Shea, in the Department of Biochemistry, will be honored at the February 2019 AAAS meeting in Washington, D.C.

UI senior Austin Hughes was recently named one of 32 American Rhodes scholars. UI senior Melissa Lauer was also a finalist for the prestigious scholarship.

Students, faculty, and researchers across the Midwest and beyond will gain crucial access to large research datasets through a secure, cloud-based platform called Collaborative Archive & Data Research Environment. CADRE will be developed through a large-scale partnership that includes eight Big Ten universities, a federal funding agency, and private companies.

A first-year seminar brings together students and faculty from multiple disciplines to create works of art using scientific computer code and artistic techniques.

The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust has committed a $12 million grant to fund life-changing research and discoveries in the UI Department of Biomedical Engineering. With this grant, the department will build on its contributions to the field of pulmonary and respiratory biomedicine.

Matt Slykhuis saved the lives of injured soldiers by flying them off the battlefields of Afghanistan. A career change to Army hospital administration has brought the Cedar Falls native to the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business to study for a Master in Accountancy.

University of Iowa students Hira Mustafa and Abby Haynes took home the top honor at the 16th Annual Collegiate Ethics Case Competition hosted by the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona.

Three nursing faculty members were honored for their career achievements at the American Academy of Nursing's annual policy conference Nov. 1–3 in Washington, D.C.