University of Iowa graduate student Andrew Tubbs uses personal experiences and his passion for the arts to support and advocate for people with disabilities on campus and in the community.

A university search committee has announced the final candidate for the new associate vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Iowa.

Kenneth Brown, assoc. dean of undergraduate programs in the Tippie College of Business, is not only accomplished in his academic work but also in his health and fitness. He recently climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro along with Endure to Cure, a pediatric cancer foundation founded by Tippie alum Jason Sissel.

Montserrat (Montse) Fuentes, dean and professor in the College of Humanities & Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, has been named the University of Iowa’s new executive vice president and provost. She will begin on June 28.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has named six recipients of the Collegiate Teaching Award for 2018-2019.

Katrina Sanders, University of Iowa College of Education associate professor, has been awarded a 2019 Sabbatical Research Grant, funded by the Lily Endowment through the Louisville Institute, to complete a book titled, "The Rise and Fall of Black Catholic Education in a Changing South, 1886-1976."

Brady Krien, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English at the University of Iowa, has been recognized for making exceptional contributions in the classroom and beyond with the 2019 Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Excellence in Teaching Award. Krien is the UI’s first recipient of this award.

The University of Iowa search committee for the new associate vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion has selected four final candidates. The candidates will visit campus in March to participate in public forums and meet with administrators, faculty, staff, and students.

A university search committee has announced Craig K. Svensson, dean emeritus and professor of medicinal chemistry and molecular pharmacology at the Purdue University College of Pharmacy, is a finalist for vice president for research at the UI. Scholtz will meet with campus at an open forum on Feb. 21.

The University of Iowa Office of the Provost has selected five interdisciplinary initiatives to receive up to $300K over three years.

HPCwire writes about the University of Iowa retention efforts for employees working on campus advanced computing, an area of high market demand.

The University of Iowa is requesting the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, vote to reconsider the closure of the Labor Center at the board’s next meeting on Feb. 28. The request comes after the Labor Center presented a plan to become self-sufficient in four years.