Lauren Lessing, Mirken Director of Academic and Public Programs at the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine, has been named director of the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art. She will begin July 31.

A satellite designed and built at the University of Iowa will search the Milky Way for evidence of matter believed missing since the birth of the universe. The HaloSat project, led by physics and astronomy professor Phil Kaaret, is scheduled to launch on May 20.

University of Iowa Interim Provost Sue Curry has named Joseph Kearney interim dean of CLAS. Kearney will begin serving on July 1, when Chaden Djalali’s term ends. Kearney will have the month of June to work with the provost and collegiate leadership to ensure a smooth transition in the college.

Some 4,300 UI students spent a May weekend saying farewell to class work, studying, and treks across campus

Scott Daly, assistant professor in chemistry and an Army veteran, started the Chemistry Platoon after learning UI student veterans weren’t performing as well as their peers. The program has been so successful that Daly has obtained National Science Foundation funding to expand it.

Ohio University President M. Duane Nellis has appointed Chaden Djalali, professor in the UI Department of Physics and Astronomy and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, to be their university’s next executive vice president and provost. Djalali’s last day at the UI will be June 30.

Cole, Lavezzo are named Collegiate Scholars; Baalrud, Bond are named Dean’s Scholars; Adams, Bognar are named Distinguished Associate Professors of Instruction

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa has announced two winners of its 2018 Outstanding Research and Public Engagement Award: Associate Professor Cornelia Lang, of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Associate Professor Maurine Neiman, of the Department of Biology.

View the list of May 2018 CLAS graduates with distinction, honors, and Phi Beta Kappa membership.

Only days after "Avengers: Infinity War" debuted with the biggest box office opening weekend in cinematic history, Joe Russo—who co-directed the Marvel blockbuster with his brother, Anthony—returned to the University of Iowa campus, where his passionate pursuit of storytelling first took flight.

More than 4,300 University of Iowa students will receive their degrees at spring 2018 commencement ceremonies, which begin Thursday, May 10, with the College of Pharmacy and end on Friday, May 25, with the College of Dentistry. All other ceremonies will take place May 11–13.

Michèle Crider, one of the world’s preeminent sopranos, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Iowa during the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences commencement ceremony at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 12.