Steve Goddard, senior associate to the executive vice chancellor and John E. Olsson Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, is the third finalist for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean position. He will visit campus Oct. 23 and 24.

The new budget model created more flexibility for unit leaders to choose a salary increase timing that works best for their business needs. Deans and vice presidents have each chosen whether annual salary increases for faculty and staff in their unit will occur on July 1 or Jan. 1.

The University of Iowa College of Education's second annual Latinx Conference featured a keynote speech by UI alumna and former administrator Nancy "Rusty" Barcelo, the first Mexican American to receive a PhD from the university.

The University of Iowa Tippie College of Business has added an online MBA that makes the college's part-time degree program even more flexible for students.

Dan McGehee, director of the National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) in the College of Engineering, discusses what kind of changes municipalities need to make to their infrastructure to accommodate automated vehicles.

Keith Mueller, professor of health management and policy, says that a spike in rural pharmacy closures in recent years often deprives small towns that have no practicing physicians of their only local health care professional.

Susan S. Williams, professor in the Department of English at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, is the second finalist for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean position. She will visit campus Thursday and Friday, Oct. 18 and 19.

Kelsey Ryder received the Outstanding New Professional award from the Midwest Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. The award is given annually to recognize the outstanding contribution of a new professional to the financial aid profession. The recipient must have been in the profession for fewer than five years and made outstanding contributions at the institutional state, regional...

The Exercise Is Medicine initiative, launched by the American College of Sports Medicine and introduced to the UI campus this summer, calls for integrating physical activity into the health care setting. The Community Outreach Lab in the UI Field House is one endeavor related to the initiative.

A vibrant display on the pedestrian bridge near the Iowa Memorial Union is more than an attractive sight on the University of Iowa campus—it is meant to recognize the University of Iowa’s international students and their significant role in the life of the university.

Ronald J. Weigel, MD, PhD, MBA, the E.A. Crowell Jr. Professor and chairman of the Department of Surgery with University of Iowa Health Care, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), effective Oct. 1, 2018.

Sacha E. Kopp, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is the first finalist for the position of dean of the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He will visit campus Oct. 15 and 16.