Desirée Rieckenberg, senior associate dean and director of the Office of the Dean of Students at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, is the second finalist for the position of University of Iowa associate vice president/dean of students. She will visit campus Monday, Nov. 5.

For students at the University of Iowa, living on campus is more than just an address—it’s a support network that enhances student success. Choosing to live on campus gives students unparalleled opportunity and experience to learn and grow, which is why many students do so after the first year.

President Harreld asks members of campus to participate in National First-Generation College Celebration events that will take place across campus Nov. 5–9.

A new paper by researchers in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Iowa highlights the brain's changing response to hypertension and advances made in the field to date. The authors are Alan Kim Johnson, F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor, and Baojian Xue, associate research scientist.

Anne Flaherty, interim assistant dean of students at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, is the first finalist for the position of University of Iowa associate vice president/dean of students. She will visit campus Tuesday, Oct. 30.

Film opera “Iphigenia Point Blank: Story of the First Refugee” examines and responds to today’s global refugee crises in a unique performance that blends film, theater, dance, and music.

The UI has extended the contract with the law firm reviewing the university’s employment policies and practices. The amendment provides additional time, but no change in projected cost, to review documentation in assessing the UI Department of Intercollegiate Athletics’ compliance with employment laws and policies concerning equitable treatment of employees.

Beginning next fiscal year, University of Iowa Libraries must trim the amount it spends on annual subscriptions to journals, databases, and e-books. This reduction is necessary because subscription price increases far outpace budget increases. Subscriptions managed by the UI Law Library are not included in this reduction strategy.

DoVeanna S. Fulton, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and professor of African American and women’s studies at the University of Houston–Downtown, is the fourth finalist for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean. She will visit campus Oct. 25 and 26.

Homecoming in Hawkeye country was in full swing during the week of Oct. 14–20, culminating in a triumphant day in Kinnick Stadium—and not just because of the favorable final score.

Steve Goddard, senior associate to the executive vice chancellor and John E. Olsson Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, is the third finalist for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean position. He will visit campus Oct. 23 and 24.

The University of Iowa College of Education's second annual Latinx Conference featured a keynote speech by UI alumna and former administrator Nancy "Rusty" Barcelo, the first Mexican American to receive a PhD from the university.