Desirée Rieckenberg, senior associate dean and director of the Office of the Dean of Students at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, is the second finalist for the position of University of Iowa associate vice president/dean of students. She will visit campus Monday, Nov. 5.

A new UI partnership with the Tippie College and College of Public Health provides an education in business and leadership basics to students in the College of Pharmacy so they can learn how to manage a health care business in their careers.

President Harreld asks members of campus to participate in National First-Generation College Celebration events that will take place across campus Nov. 5–9.

A new paper by researchers in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Iowa highlights the brain's changing response to hypertension and advances made in the field to date. The authors are Alan Kim Johnson, F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor, and Baojian Xue, associate research scientist.

The University of Iowa is the 159th best research university in the world, with two disciplines ranked in the top 100, according to “U.S. News & World Report’s” latest ranking of top global universities.

The city of Dubuque and the Iowa Flood Center at the University of Iowa are helping the city’s residents overcome flood damage through an innovative program that provides physical upgrades to homes, as well as social, educational, and health care support.

Anne Flaherty, interim assistant dean of students at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, is the first finalist for the position of University of Iowa associate vice president/dean of students. She will visit campus Tuesday, Oct. 30.

Film opera “Iphigenia Point Blank: Story of the First Refugee” examines and responds to today’s global refugee crises in a unique performance that blends film, theater, dance, and music.

The UI has extended the contract with the law firm reviewing the university’s employment policies and practices. The amendment provides additional time, but no change in projected cost, to review documentation in assessing the UI Department of Intercollegiate Athletics’ compliance with employment laws and policies concerning equitable treatment of employees.

Beginning next fiscal year, University of Iowa Libraries must trim the amount it spends on annual subscriptions to journals, databases, and e-books. This reduction is necessary because subscription price increases far outpace budget increases. Subscriptions managed by the UI Law Library are not included in this reduction strategy.

The search committee for the next associate vice president/dean of students for student life has selected three final candidates, who will visit campus over the next two weeks. During their visits, they will participate in public forums consisting of a presentation by the candidate followed by a brief Q&A.

“Saving Brinton,” a documentary by Tommy Haines, John Richard, and Andrew Sherburne, has built a passionate audience over the past year and is now making a run at an Oscar nomination.