The French government has named Raymond Mentzer, the Daniel J. Krumm Family Chair in Reformation Studies at the University of Iowa, a knight in the Order of Academic Palms for his service and contributions to French education and culture. Mentzer will be decorated on June 12 in Paris.

“The New York Times” uses big data to tell big stories. Leading the visual storytelling effort at the “Times” is UI alumnus Matthew Ericson, an early advocate of visual journalism and a former staff member of the University of Iowa’s “Daily Iowan.”

The Pomerantz Career Center offers for-credit classes that show UI students, particularly those with liberal arts majors, how to use their academic background to find jobs and start their careers.

University of Iowa students have built a device to recreate Earth’s auroras in miniature. The planeterrella is the only one of its kind in Iowa and one of just a handful in the United States.

Some 4,732 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the Dean’s List for the 2016 fall semester.

About 300 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the President’s List for the 2016 fall semester.

The University of Iowa awarded nearly 1,400 degrees at the close of the 2016 fall semester.

Celebrated organist Kevin Bowyer will perform Sorabji’s monumental Second Organ Symphony for the inauguration of the University of Iowa’s new Klais organ beginning at noon on Feb 10. The performance will last about eight-and-a-half hours—but you can catch the finale if you arrive at 8 p.m.

What do you do when there's nothing to watch on TV? Or no TV to watch? The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will stage Anne Washburn's critically acclaimed ‘Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play,’ in which survivors of a global disaster reenact ‘Simpsons’ episodes, starting on Friday, Feb. 8.

Dan Matheson, director of the UI’s Sport and Recreation Management program and recent winner of the University of Iowa President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence, discusses how the SRM team equips Iowa students for success.

The University of Iowa has been ranked No. 2 in the country for its entrepreneurial programs by a higher education financing organization that praised its wide array of programs and reasonable tuition.

UI Breakers, a University of Iowa student organization dedicated to breakdancing and hip-hop culture, creates camaraderie among its members—even as they “battle” against one another—and boosts their confidence in the process.