Join the College of Law as it celebrates this sesquicentennial, and follow the landmark events that transformed the department into one of the most respected law schools in the country.

Both research funding and total external funding to the University of Iowa rose in 2014-15, with new and continued grants and contracts fueling research that will benefit Iowa, the Midwest, and the world.

A guided media tour of the University of Iowa’s new Mary Louise Petersen Residence Hall, 304 Grand Ave., will begin at 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21, and will wrap up before the start of the 2 p.m. dedication ceremonies.

As the UI moves forward with the Iowa Board of Regents’ TIER project, campus leaders are committed to keeping colleagues informed. Here are the latest developments across academic and business cases.

Max Otoadese is one of 39 high school students from across the state, nation, and world pursuing hands-on science at the UI this summer, thanks to the College of Education Belin-Blank Center's Secondary Student Training Program. The rigorous, five-week residential research program also provides 3 semester hours of college credit.

Numerous individuals have made a significant impact on the University of Iowa and have been honored with a facility in their name. The UI Facilities Management website houses a directory of said individuals; visitors can read about the honorees' achievements, view their pictures, and learn more about the buildings.

Elementary school students at a camp sponsored by UI's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center learned about building business by creating a new ice cream flavor with Iowa City's Heyn's Ice Cream.

Frank Sories, Candice Maier, Andrew Beer, and Volker Thomas of the UI College of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation and Counselor Education published "Addressing the Needs of Military Children Through Family-Based Play Therapy" in the June 2015 issue of Contemporary Family Therapy.

Susannah M. Wood, a College of Education associate professor in Rehabilitation and Counselor Education, edited Serving Gifted Students in Rural Settings, along with Tamra Stambaugh, an assistant research professor at Vanderbilt University.

David Duys, a University of Iowa College of Education associate professor of Rehabilitation and Counselor Education, recently received the NCDA Merit Award at the National Career Development Association conference in Denver, Colorado.

University of Iowa Belin-Blank Center Staff Psychologist Alissa Doobay received the 2015 Esther Katz Rosen Grant.

The University of Iowa has been recognized by the Iowa governor's office for an initiative to use a locally available grass as a renewable energy source. The UI's use of the grass, called Giant Miscanthus, is part of its goal of achieving 40 percent renewable energy consumption by 2020.