The Iowa Department of Education and the University of Iowa’s College of Education recently announced that Deborah Reed will be the next director of the Iowa Reading Research Center. In addition, the center is transitioning to the University of Iowa.

Robinson will receive the GADE Student Award for Teaching in Social Work at a national conference in Denver, Colorado, in October.

Lyn Redington has been named the University of Iowa’s new assistant vice president and dean of students. She starts at the UI on Aug. 19.

A new program at the University of Iowa will encourage and coordinate the use of data analytics across campus.

First-year students at the University of Iowa will move into the residence halls Tuesday-Thursday, Aug 18-20. Clinton Street will be rerouted and there's a new plan for students moving into west side halls.

Since February, I’ve chaired the committee charged with identifying candidates for the next University of Iowa president. This week, we will conduct first-round interviews with a group of accomplished leaders, each of them a promising potential president. It’s an extremely talented pool of candidates with diverse backgrounds and ideas.

The University of Iowa Presidential Search and Screen Committee will hold “airport interviews” for nine candidates on Tuesday, Aug. 11, and Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015.

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.

The University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business has endorsed a White House initiative designed to encourage more women college students to consider majoring in business.

The Board of Regents made no objections to a proposed 3 percent increase in undergraduate resident tuition for the Spring 2016 semester. A vote on the proposed increase is expected at the September board meeting. The board also gives first-round approval to Kinnick renovation.

The University of Iowa Presidential Search and Screen Committee has narrowed a field of 46 candidates to a pool of nine who will be invited to participate next week in “airport interviews” at an unnamed location.

With the new Hancher Auditorium set to open in just over a year, the Hancher organization invites the community to a day of family fun.