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Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratory architect's rendering

UI seeks final approval on 3 facilities projects

Tuesday, June 3, 2025
At its June meeting, the Iowa Board of Regents will consider the University of Iowa’s request for final approval of three facilities projects.
Melissa Febos

She Was Addicted to Romance. So She Gave Up Sex.

"The Dry Season," Febos’ new memoir, is an account of the 90 days she spent abstinent, followed by the next 90, which eventually turned into a year.
Graduates seated at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences commencement ceremony

New graduates celebrated at spring 2025 commencement

Monday, May 19, 2025
Nearly 5,500 Hawkeyes earned degrees this semester.
Pope Leo XIV

'A pope of the people': The first American pontiff is no Marxist, but friends say he's a reformer

Despite being the first pope from America, a country where the Catholic Church is known for its relative conservatism, Pope Leo XIV — who spent much of his adult life working in Peru — is expected to largely continue his predecessor’s progressive reforms
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2 Iowa alumnae named Guggenheim Fellows

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Two graduates of the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program are among those selected for a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship.
Margaret Wenk-Kuchlbauer at a costume fitting

PHOTO GALLERY: A career retrospective of UI scenery, costume designer Margaret Wenk-Kuchlbauer

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Margaret Wenk-Kuchlbauer began her career at the University of Iowa in fall 1980 and in the 44 years since, has designed scenery and costumes for an extensive list of performances for the School of Music, Department of Dance, and Department of Theatre Arts.
Commencement ceremonies

Times and dates for spring 2025 commencement

Thursday, May 8, 2025
This spring, more than 5,500 University of Iowa students will receive their degrees during in-person and livestreamed commencement ceremonies, beginning with the College of Pharmacy’s Doctor of Pharmacy ceremony on May 15 and concluding with College of Dentistry ceremony on June 6.
Melissa Febos in her home library

UI professor, author Melissa Febos talks about the books she keeps and why

Thursday, May 8, 2025
Like many writers, Melissa Febos recognizes her book-hoarding tendencies. She knows hard choices must be made before a book earns a spot in her collection, which spans a campus office and several floors of her Iowa City home.
T.J. Dedeaux-Norris poses in front of her artwork

Dedeaux-Norris wins prestigious Rome Prize

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
T.J. Dedeaux-Norris came to the University of Iowa from Yale University as a Grant Wood Art Fellow in 2016 and expected to be here for nine months. Fast forward nine years, and they are preparing to spend several months in Rome working on their project titled “Martyrs, Vessels, and Perpetual Becoming: An Emergence in Rome” as the recipient of one of the world’s most prestigious fellowship programs.
Drone photo of group planting trees

Photo gallery: A campus forest comes to life

Monday, April 28, 2025
On Arbor Day, members of the University of Iowa campus and greater community came together to plant the seeds of a new campus forest.
Andy Dahl with saplings

UI to plant campus forest inspired by student project

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
In its ongoing effort to support the health and diversity of its tree habitat, the University of Iowa will plant a Miyawaki forest on the west side of campus on Arbor Day. Named for its innovative planting technique known as the Miyawaki method (pronounced mee-yah-wah-kee), this reforestation practice is designed to mimic the natural growth process of conventional forests by densely planting native seedlings.