The University of Iowa’s new Visual Arts Building was named “Best in the Midwest” for 2016. Winners were selected based on evidence of innovation, creative use of new technology, sustainability, strength of presentation, and great design. The building, which opened in August, was designed by Steven Holl Architects.

University of Iowa Professor of Anthropology Russell Ciochon and colleagues from Australia and China have received a crucial grant to study Gigantopithecus blacki, the biggest primate ever to have lived.

Two University of Iowa art students captured this fall’s Hawkeye football season on canvas.

This year’s Outback Bowl–bound Hawkeye football team plays the muse for a pair of University of Iowa art students.

The University of Iowa will award degrees to more than 1,500 graduates during seven ceremonies this weekend.

A video recording of the winter 2016 UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and University College commencement ceremony is now available for viewing. The ceremony was held Dec. 17.

Caitlin Danielson will become the first UI student to graduate with majors in computer science and engineering within the Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree. The degree is a joint effort between the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

University of Iowa physicist Jasper Halekas discussed new findings about the physics surrounding mini shock waves produced on the moon at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting in San Francisco on Dec. 14. The findings come from NASA’s ARTEMIS mission, of which Halekas is the deputy principal investigator.

Daniel Moore is just the second director of Iowa Percussion in the program’s nearly 60-year history. Recently, he sat down with “Iowa Now” to talk about the highlights of his 20 years with the program.

The notes might be low, but people's spirits are high whenever Collegium Tubum takes to the steps of Old Capitol come semester's end. For some four decades, the light-hearted Holiday Tubas concert has attracted a crowd of adoring fans.

On July 1, 2016, Diane Slusarski became departmental executive officer of the University of Iowa Department of Biology. Slusarski is the first woman to lead the department, and she aims to set a new course while being an example of female leadership in a STEM field.

Efthymia Kapnoula, who received master's and doctorate degrees in psychology from the University of Iowa, has received the 2016 European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP) Early Career Publication Award.