The University of Iowa search committee for the executive vice president and provost has selected four finalists. The candidates will visit campus over the next three weeks to participate in public forums and meet with faculty, staff, and campus leadership.

Bernie Franks is a grandmother who spent years helping others but always felt something in her own life was left unfinished. She joins the NBC's TODAY show to talk about how she took a big leap and proved it’s never too late to fulfill a promise.

The University of Iowa has removed the registered student organization status for the Kappa Sigma, Delta Chi, and Sigma Nu fraternity chapters, as well as the Sigma Alpha Epsilon colony. The action comes after the conclusion of comprehensive investigations into incidents involving hazing and alcohol.

The University of Iowa is participating in a massive new effort in which 130 public universities and systems will work together to increase college access, close the achievement gap, and award hundreds of thousands more degrees by 2025.

President Harreld writes about the successes of the past semester and adds an encouragement for graduating students.

UI Libraries and UI Student Government are easing some of the burden of high textbook costs with a collaborative project called the Textbook Affordability Pilot (TAP). Under TAP, a committee of library staff and UISG representatives collect donated textbooks and purchase new ones for “high impact courses.”

University of Iowa students from disciplines across campus gain valuable research and professional experience working in the UI Stanley Museum of Art and with its curators.

Marc Brown has been employed by University of Iowa Facilities Management for 50 years. During that time, he helped introduce HVAC and lighting automation to campus, resulting in significant cost savings.

Cedar Falls native Matt Slykhuis once flew Army air ambulances into combat zones in Afghanistan. Now he's training for a quieter military career as a Masters in Accountancy student at UI's Tippie College of Business.

All the details can be found at the commencement website!

The University of Iowa’s Strategic Plan 2016–2021 Progress Report for fall 2018 outlines campus efforts toward achieving goals set forth in the plan. Highlights include an increase in federal funding for research and the UI’s inaugural First-Generation Summit.

Bernadine Franks graduates from the University of Iowa in December 2018.