Scott Daly, assistant professor in chemistry and an Army veteran, started the Chemistry Platoon after learning UI student veterans weren’t performing as well as their peers. The program has been so successful that Daly has obtained National Science Foundation funding to expand it.

Eastern Iowa resident Aulanda Krause worried that her mother, Monna Metcalf, would never ride her horse again because her prosthetic leg rubbed her skin, causing painful sores. Krause enlisted the help of four University of Iowa biomedical engineering students to create a device that solved the problem.

A team of Tippie College of Business Iowa MBA students won this year’s third annual MBA Business Analytics Case Competition, working to address a real-world business problem.

View the list of May 2018 CLAS graduates with distinction, honors, and Phi Beta Kappa membership.

A team from the University of Iowa captured the top spot in an annual competition sponsored by the Principal Financial Group that helps the Des Moines–based financial services company better market its product line.

Dave Deyak, associate dean in the Tippie College of Business, says that attending a graduate business program that is a designated STEM not only helps students develop skills employers need, but can also make it possible for international students to remain stateside for longer than they could otherwise.

More than 4,300 University of Iowa students will receive their degrees at spring 2018 commencement ceremonies, which begin Thursday, May 10, with the College of Pharmacy and end on Friday, May 25, with the College of Dentistry. All other ceremonies will take place May 11–13.

Calvin Phillips, associate vice president of student affairs (senior student affairs officer) at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan, is the fourth finalist for the next UI associate vice president and dean of students. He will give a public presentation from 1 to 1:50 p.m. Thursday, May 3.

Michèle Crider, one of the world’s preeminent sopranos, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Iowa during the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences commencement ceremony at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 12.

Edith Parker, professor and chair of the University of Iowa Department of Community and Behavioral Health, has been named dean of the UI College of Public Health. She will begin on June 1.

As part of their senior design course, four UI biomedical engineering students created the GAMA bra, a compression garment that can be worn by breast cancer patients after a unilateral mastectomy. The garment could help thousands of patients avoid painful swelling associated with lymphedema.

Eric Norman, vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of students at Purdue University Fort Wayne, is the third finalist for the next associate vice president and dean of students. He will give a public presentation from 1 to 1:50 p.m. Tuesday, May 1.