Whether you were out of town, on vacation, or unplugged for the summer, here are eight things you may have missed.

After nine years touring Europe and the United States, Jackson Pollock’s Mural is finally home in Iowa City, where it will be on view when the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art reopens Aug. 26.

Work to replace the gold leaf on the University of Iowa’s most iconic building began in late May and is entering its final phase.

Peter Thorne, professor of occupational and environmental health in the College of Public Health, and Lea VanderVelde, professor of law and the Josephine R. Witte Chair, have been named recipients of the 2022 University of Iowa Distinguished Chair.

On college campuses nationwide, the number of students seeking mental health services increased by an average of 30 percent between 2009 and 2015 and has continued to climb since then. The University of Iowa doubled the size of its counseling staff between 2016 and 2019, but it’s not nearly keeping up with demand.

Five University of Iowa faculty members have been selected to receive the inaugural Iowa Mid-Career Faculty Scholar Awards.

The University of Iowa continues to make progress on campus safety and student well-being initiatives following recommendations from the Reimagining Campus Safety Action Committee (RCSAC) in August 2021.

On Friday, April 29, the University of Iowa became the 13th location in the United States to plant a sapling grown from the chestnut tree that symbolized hope for Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis during World War II.

Chanelle Reese, associate ombudsperson at the University of California, Merced, has been named the next university ombudsperson at the University of Iowa. She will begin June 21.

The Daily Iowan dominated a regional journalism competition run by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).

The University of Iowa Strategy Team, which was charged in spring 2021 with leading development of the university’s Strategic Plan 2022—2027, has published a draft of the plan and is seeking campus feedback.

The search firm assisting with the hiring of a new University of Iowa vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Carver College of Medicine will host virtual meetings with campus stakeholders April 25-29 to understand the job and the preferred qualities in potential candidates.