In an October interview with the UI Alumni Association, new UI President Bruce Harreld spoke about growing up in small-town Ohio and attending a large public university, his early impressions of the University of Iowa, and the best thing that's happened to him.

The "Get to Know" series asks University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students a few questions about their work and their outside interests. Today, we visit with H.S. Udaykumar, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering.

A first-of-its-kind study discovered that many hard-of-hearing children who receive optimal, early services are able to “catch up or significantly close the gaps with their hearing peers,” say researchers at the University of Iowa, Boys Town National Research Hospital, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

As the UI moves forward with the Iowa Board of Regents’ TIER project, campus leaders are committed to keeping colleagues informed. Here's one example of how TIER is already at work on campus.

In his last campus message as interim president, Jean Robillard reflects on the past few months and offers thanks the whole UI community for their dedication.

With Don Gurnett, and James Van Allen before him, the University of Iowa has a strong legacy of leading the scientific community in the exploration and understanding of space.

Terrence Dahl, ’83 PhD, Vice President of Commercial Manufacturing and Packaging/Labeling, at Gilead Sciences, was recently presented with a College of Pharmacy Distinguished Alumni Award. He leads a team in Foster City, California that is responsible for overseeing the contract manufacturing activities throughout Europe, North America, and Australia.

James Ray was awarded the James A. Otterbeck OnePoint Patient Care Professor in Hospice and Palliative Care.

Robert Kerns, ’96 PhD, was named the John L. and Carol E. Lach Chair in Drug Delivery Technology. Kerns is professor and chair of pharmaceutical sciences and experimental therapeutics at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy.

Throughout his decades-long career, University of Iowa physician-scientist Michael Welsh’s focus on cystic fibrosis has never wavered.

Student clinics at the UI College of Dentistry offer quality dental treatment for adults and children at a price that is about one-third to one-half the cost of a private dental practice.

Students with concerns about a legal issue can turn to Student Legal Services. The office, which is centrally located in the Iowa Memorial Union and funded by student fees, offers free, professional legal advice and low-cost representation on a wide range of issues.