University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and alumni received some of the institution’s highest honors Thursday. April 24, at the 97th annual Finkbine Dinner for Representative Student Leaders.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason told members of the Iowa state Board of Regents on Thursday that the UI was recently recognized among "Three Schools with Super-High Job Placement Rates" by The Motley Fool.

For the first time in decades, a historic University of Iowa building that once housed Grant Wood's studio looks much as it did when he taught there in the 1930s.

Crews working to repair and replace the university's flood-damaged buildings managed to keep the projects on track through a frigid winter by working extra hours, including 24-hour shifts, says Rod Lehnertz, UI director of planning and construction.

Hannah Morlowe, a doctoral student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' Department of Physics and Astronomy, has won a prestigious NASA grant to develop a gamma-ray burst polarimeter to study the light produced by explosions in distant galaxies.

During this Infertility Awareness Week, UI researchers Keli Steuber and Andy High say discussing the issue openly can help couples and their families: "Men, from what we can tell, choose not to talk about infertility. Usually the wife is the gatekeeper for the marriage," Steuber says.

University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who's making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free concert by the University and Concert Bands at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 5, in the Second Floor Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the Jazz Repertory Ensemble, directed by graduate teaching assistant Eric Bush, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

Deloitte Consulting teams wrap up campus interviews for Rising to the Next TIER, the transformation and efficiency study of Iowa's public universities commissioned by the Iowa Board of Regents.

The Iowa Board of Regents today gave the University of Iowa permission to name the new west campus residence hall and its learning commons after education leader Mary Louise Petersen and longtime housing and dining manager Theodore M. Rehder.