University of Iowa residence halls begin welcoming students August 14, and as move-in picks up in earnest on Monday, Aug. 17, traffic will be heavy around campus. Faculty, staff, and local residents are encouraged to be patient and plan to take alternate routes.

Chainsaws sound throughout Iowa City and the University of Iowa campus as the university and wider community clean up after a derecho storm swept through on Monday, bringing 100 mph winds.

The University of Iowa is announcing additional budget cuts following a reduction in state support. The Iowa Legislature adjourned in June after approving cutting state funding for the public universities by $8 million. The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, will determine Iowa’s share of the cuts.

While work to remove spray-paint on campus from recent Black Lives Matter protests continues, the University of Iowa also is preserving the images in order that the messages not be forgotten and to help guide campus in its work to make meaningful changes.

The University of Iowa awarded more than 5,700 degrees at the close of the spring 2020 semester.

Starting last week, University of Iowa students, faculty, and staff have used their voices to highlight the lack of racial equity and justice in our community.

At its June 2020 meeting, the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, approved zero increases for tuition and mandatory fees at the University of Iowa for the 2020–21 academic year.

The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated delaying in-person finalist visits from the spring search until the fall. Given that delay, university leadership, in consultation with the search committee co-chairs, has decided to immediately relaunch the search and recruit a new and diverse pool of candidates.

The anger, sadness, and fear felt by our community, and specifically Black communities across our nation, over the killing of George Floyd are justified.

David Thayer, longtime UI design and performing arts faculty member, was a true visionary who dedicated his career to the creation of innovative work, exploring the possibilities of lighting design and mentoring countless artists – always with incredible fidelity, always with tremendous heart.

Engineers at the University of Iowa and the University Notre Dame are collaborating with a UI College of Public Health faculty member to develop protective equipment that captures and kills viral pathogens, thereby improving protective equipment performance and reusability during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Yashwant Prakash Vyas, assistant director of Diversity Resources in the University of Iowa Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, was awarded the 2020 Edward S. Blankenship Outstanding Staff Award from Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars.