UI director of planning and construction Rod Lehnertz writes that he is honored to be named Press-Citizen Person of the Year for 2013, but notes that he is far from alone in working through this transformational period.

UI librarian Colleen Theisen started a Special Collections and Archives blog on Tumblr, with frequent posts showing off books, photos, and items from the collection, to help make the collection more accessible to the public.

Thad Wilson, a family nurse practitioner who has served as a faculty member at the University of Missouri-Kansas City since 1995, has been named executive associate dean in the University of Iowa College of Nursing.

The new UI Libraries exhibition “Food in the World of ‘Downton Abbey’ ” highlights the richness of the Szathmary Culinary Collection and the richness of the historical research that informs every scene of the popular show.

The public and media are invited to join the Iowa National Guard as it celebrates its 175th birthday Tuesday, Jan. 7, at the Old Capitol Museum on the University of Iowa campus.

As one of three UI law faculty members born and educated outside the United States, Maya Steinitz brings to her teaching a unique international perspective made richer by her innate inclination to idiosyncrasy.

The Press-Citizen has named Rod Lehnertz, UI’s director of planning, design and construction, its Person of the Year for 2013, honoring him for his role in what has proven to be a pivotal and historic 12 months for the UI campus.

Cheering the Iowa football team was a common refrain among the thousands who landed in Tampa for Outback Bowl festivities, but telling personal stories about the UI at events throughout the week strengthened the bond between fans and the university they support.

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has issued a statement signed by UI President Sally Mason and other APLU leaders opposing a boycott of Israeli academic institutions.

A story about Voyager 1 entering interstellar space quotes University of Iowa physics professor Don Gurnett, who says the distance the spacecraft has traveled over his lifetime is mind-boggling but "compared to the vast distances between stars and in the universe, it's just puny."

Colleen Theisen, Outreach and Instruction Librarian in the Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa, is featured as part of a series profiling the next generation of special collections librarians and rare book curators.

The University of Iowa Museum of Art will start 2014 with a new direction. On Friday, Jan. 3, from 5-7 p.m., the museum will host its monthly First Friday event at downtown Iowa City's hotelVetro, featuring Emily Martin and her show "New Direction: Rereading Shakespeare."