UI Dance Marathon announced a $2 million gift commitment to establish the University of Iowa Dance Marathon Chair in Pediatric Oncology, Clinical and Translational Research. The gift will fund a faculty position in the UI Stead Family Department of Pediatrics to lead the pediatric cancer research program.

University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld welcomes the UI community back to campus while considering what past struggles at Iowa can teach us about the present and future.

The Chief Diversity Office outlined four priorities for the coming year at the office's annual Update on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on Jan. 17.

Fellows in the Obermann Graduate Institute on Engagement and the Academy explore how public engagement can enhance teaching, research, and creative work.

The University of Iowa’s assistant vice president and dean of students, Lyn Redington, has accepted a position as vice president for student life at Idaho State University.

Martin Gallardo wanted to make dietary changes, and he wanted to stick to them. Through liveWELL’s health coach service, he found what he was looking for, and he wants to share his experiences with fellow UI faculty and staff.

UI archivist David McCartney discusses the significance of papers donated to the University of Iowa by civil rights advocate Eric Morton who, along with a UI student, worked to register African Americans to vote in the 1960s. Several documents from the collections are on display at the Coralville Public Library.

The University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business announced Jan. 9 that it is introducing a new full-time Master of Business Analytics (MSBA) degree at its Iowa City campus. The new program starts in fall 2018. Applications are being accepted on the college’s website.

A University of Iowa initiative called Tiny Trash encourages recycling and reduces waste on campus. More than 2,000 faculty and staff in 18 buildings have joined the effort, which ties into the UI’s goal to divert 60 percent of campus-generated waste to recycling by the year 2020.

Mark Wiesner has spent decades studying the potentially harmful effects of manufactured nanomaterials on the environment. His passion for protecting the planet was nurtured at the University of Iowa College of Engineering, where he worked alongside mentors who introduced him to environmental fieldwork and research.

Jeff Schott, director of the University of Iowa’s Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), has been granted lifetime member status in the Iowa City/County Management Association.

UI President J. Bruce Harreld remarks on the achievements of the fall 2017 graduate class and the necessity of continuing to provide the high-quality education they received.