Iowa Law student Winnie Uluocha established an endowment that will help cover the costs of visits to the College of Law for students from underrepresented groups. Uluocha, a member of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee at Iowa Law, hopes the endowment will create a more diverse campus.

A new book contains a collection of essays from UI faculty that explore the breadth, variety, and goals of UI research and scholarship. The book is titled, "As Far as The Eye Can See: The Promises and Perils of Research and Scholarship in the Twenty-First Century."

Leigh Marshall, a MFA playwright in the UI Theatre Arts Program, debuted her play Laterality in February. The play, about twin brothers, one of whom has lung cancer, draws upon Marshall's feelings about death. Marshall's father died of cancer when she was 16 years old.

Several start-up ideas from University of Iowa students were awarded cash prizes in various categories in the Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (Iowa JPEC) IdeaStorm competitions recently.

Gregory LeFevre, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a researcher at the UI’s IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering research center, recently received the National Science Foundation’s prestigious CAREER award for his stormwater research.

Nonmajor students took more than 10,000 semester hours of classes in the Division of Performing Arts during the 2017–18 academic year. There they develop new passions, stay connected to their art, and learn skills that translate to their future careers.

Researchers at the University of Iowa have been awarded funding to design and use smart technology to maximize crop yields and use water more efficiently in rural agriculture. he four-year, $1.6 million grant is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

University of Iowa researchers are partnering with school districts in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City to enroll elementary-age children in novel research to better understand how they identify, and recognize, words. The project, led by Bob McMurray, professor in the UI’s Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, begins this spring.

The University of Iowa has 60 programs ranked in this year’s “U.S. News & World Report” graduate and professional school rankings, 11 with top 10 rankings in their categories.

Kenneth Brown, assoc. dean of undergraduate programs in the Tippie College of Business, is not only accomplished in his academic work but also in his health and fitness. He recently climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro along with Endure to Cure, a pediatric cancer foundation founded by Tippie alum Jason Sissel.

With the demand for more Master of Social Work programs growing but resources for in-person programs around the state unavailable, the University of Iowa School of Social Work stepped in and created an online MSW program.

A university search committee has announced the first candidate for the new associate vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Iowa.