When University of Iowa drum major Analisa Iole stepped into Kinnick Stadium this past fall, she was celebrated as the University of Iowa’s first female drum major since WWII. But who were Iole’s predecessors, the women who served as leaders in the community while U.S. service members were overseas?

Each year, senior leaders at the University of Iowa form a team for the Live Healthy Iowa 10-Week Challenge. One of their chief motivators: to elevate their well-being, which has an impact on their own lives and the UI workplace.

Ann Scheck McAlearney, director of the health services research program and professor of family medicine at the Ohio State University College of Medicine, is the first finalist for the next University of Iowa College of Public Health dean. She will visit campus Monday and Tuesday, March 5 and 6.

The University of Iowa is beginning a search for a new executive vice president and provost. UI President J. Bruce Harreld has named Gail Agrawal, dean of the College of Law, and Teresa Mangum, director of the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, as co-chairs of the search committee.

As a part of the celebration, NADS is actively engaging the community to highlight the center’s contributions in making Iowa a better place to live. Some of these activities include public lectures, open houses, coloring contests for kids, an honorary simulator-naming competition, and more.

Trudy Huskamp Peterson, University of Iowa alumna and former acting archivist of the United States, circles the globe to assist in organizing and safeguarding human rights records.

Anita Krug, interim Toni Rembe Dean and professor of law at University of Washington School of Law, is the fifth finalist for the next University of Iowa College of Law N. William Hines Dean. She will visit campus Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 26 and 27.

The Annex at the Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences offers additional classroom and research space, including a fluids workshop with high-tech wind tunnel, water channel, towing tank, and channel flume. The Annex also houses the college’s expanded Student Development Center, which offers academic and career counseling.

Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

Christopher Pietruszkiewicz, dean and professor of law at Stetson University College of Law, is the fourth finalist for the next University of Iowa College of Law N. William Hines Dean. He will visit campus Thursday and Friday, Feb. 22 and 23.

The University of Iowa has again been named a top producer of Fulbright students for 2017–18 with 16 recipients, marking the third year in a row the university has achieved the elite ranking.

UI alumnus Tuma Basa determines what hip-hop songs Spotify plays, breaking acts nationally.