Tim Schoon, photographer in the Office of Strategic Communication, won a second and fifth award from the University Photographers' Association of America.

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.

Tyler Babcock, who just finished his junior year at Charles City High School, will start his freshman year at the University of Iowa this fall, thanks to the UI College of Education Belin-Blank Center’s new STEM Academy for high-ability students. He plans to major in mechanical engineering.

With the recent conclusion of the 2015 legislative session, the University of Iowa is moving forward with a salary program for 2015-16. The overall average salary increases for faculty and staff will be between 1 percent and 3 percent.

The University of Iowa encourages the public to attend an open house and the first of two public meetings to discuss the proposed repurposement of the existing 1936 Art Building located at 200 N. Riverside Dr. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. June 18 in 2520D University Capitol Centre.

A UI College of Education study showed that children who watched a Sesame Street segment on impulse control could wait nearly four minutes longer for a snack than children who did not see it, in an article on how the show was created to boost children’s confidence and school readiness.

As unpredictable as the annual draft is, there is one constant with all Hawkeyes from 1999 to present: While Iowa players might occasionally slip down the draft board because of height, 40-yard dash time, or wing span, they remain strong in their commitment to character building.

Melissa Myers, a freshman at the University of Iowa, finished in second place in the U.S. Women's Judo Tournament held in Houston, Texas.

University of Iowa Police received a report of a sexual assault that occurred in the early morning hours of June 6, 2015.

Jean Robillard, vice president for medical affairs at the University of Iowa, sent a message to all UI faculty, staff, and students, encouraging them to nominate candidates for the UI presidency.

Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds visited the University of Iowa campus to attend an annual meeting with Faculty Senate and Staff Council officers Thursday. Three groups from the arts and humanities gave presentations to Branstad and Reynolds, and the dignitaries toured the UI Mobile Museum.

On June 3, the University of Iowa celebrated the reopening of the Iowa Memorial Union's ground floor. It's the first time the area has been open to the public since the June 2008 flood.