The UI will continue to participate in the MidAmerican Energy Company energy curtailment program and receive payment for reducing electricity demand, but all electrical offsets will be made by increasing on-campus electrical generation rather than reducing air conditioning in UI campus buildings.

University of Iowa alumna Jennifer Croft was named a recipient of the Man Booker International Prize for works of translated fiction on May 22 for her English-language translation of Flights, by Polish author Olga Tokarczuk. Croft received an MFA in literary translation from the UI in 2003.

A new University of Iowa–led study reports educational opportunities and higher incomes may be key to closing the health gap between most black and white Americans. Researchers say socioeconomic factors, mainly wealth and education, influenced the differences in health behaviors between the groups more than other variables.

Natalia Reyes, an MFA student in the world-renowned Iowa Writers’ Workshop, has received a 2018 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. The fellowship will allow Reyes to focus entirely on her writing while at Iowa. She is the second Workshop writer to receive the prestigious award.

Jessica Faselt of Iowa City is one of the 2018 Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition winners, announced April 29. This is one of the most prestigious voice competitions in the world, offering singers the chance to be heard by leading industry professionals and to launch their international careers.

An event at the Levitt Center for University Advancement honored the work facilitated and supported by the Office of Outreach and Engagement over the past year, including 40,000 hours of work completed by UI students and faculty in community engagement projects.

The New York Times' Wesley Morris reviews the film Saving Brinton, a documentary about a collection of century-old films preserved with the help of the University of Iowa.

The University of Iowa’s RAGBRAI Working Group is seeking volunteers to welcome RAGBRAI riders and campus guests on Friday, July 27. Read on to find out how you can help welcome riders to the UI campus.

The Belin-Blank Center’s STEM Excellence and Leadership program brings hands-on science and technology education to rural Iowa schools. The program provides talented middle school students with extra hours of STEM instruction as well as college and career counseling.

Phuong Nguyen-Hoang, associate professor in the University of Iowa School of Urban and Regional Planning and the UI Public Policy Center, received a Curriculum Innovation Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.

Coalescence Entertainment Inc., a film studio and philanthropic organization owned by two University of Iowa students, received the $2,500 top prize at the Frontier Co-op–Tippie Impact competition.

UI Interim Provost Sue Curry has named Tanya Uden-Holman associate provost for undergraduate education and dean of University College beginning June 15. Uden-Holman is a clinical professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy and associate dean for academic affairs at the College of Public Health.