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.

The UI has signed a contract amendment with a Des Moines law firm to continue the employment practices review that began in November. The amendment directs Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. to assess the UI Department of Intercollegiate Athletics' compliance with employment laws and policies concerning equitable treatment of employees.

Lauren Lessing, Mirken Director of Academic and Public Programs at the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine, has been named director of the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art. She will begin July 31.

A satellite designed and built at the University of Iowa will search the Milky Way for evidence of matter believed missing since the birth of the universe. The HaloSat project, led by physics and astronomy professor Phil Kaaret, is scheduled to launch on May 20.

University of Iowa Interim Provost Sue Curry has named Joseph Kearney interim dean of CLAS. Kearney will begin serving on July 1, when Chaden Djalali’s term ends. Kearney will have the month of June to work with the provost and collegiate leadership to ensure a smooth transition in the college.

An analysis of federal data by University of Iowa researchers published in the “Journal of the American Medical Association” finds that more American adults have tried e-cigarettes, but the rate of current use appears to be declining.

Some 4,300 UI students spent a May weekend saying farewell to class work, studying, and treks across campus

Eleven University of Iowa students and alumni have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants to conduct research, attend graduate school, undertake creative projects, or serve as English teaching assistants abroad in 2018–19. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government.