Kathleen V. Jameson, former president and CEO of the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina, is the second finalist for the next director of the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art. She will visit campus Wednesday and Thursday, April 18 and 19.

Catherine M. Hale, director and curator of Creative Campus Galleries at Sheridan College in Mississauga, Ontario, and former curator of African and non-western art for the UI Stanley Museum of Art, is the first finalist for the UI Stanley Museum of Art director. She will visit campus April 16–17.

A partnership between the UI College of Nursing and the Iowa City Free Medical and Dental Clinic provides the clinic with a nurse practitioner and a steady supply of nurse practitioner students to treat patients, most of whom have no health insurance and limited access to medical care.

ABAL Therapeutics, a business started by three University of Iowa students that designs software providing therapy for children with autism, recently won the grand prize at Texas Christian University’s prestigious Values and Ventures business startup competition.

Alexis Madsen, along with seven other student employees and supervisors, will be honored for their work during the 2017–18 National Student Employment Week, April 9–13.

In a message to the campus community, University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld and Senior Vice President for Operations Rod Lehnertz discuss an upcoming construction moratorium and cuts to programs and services that the university will be forced to enact after the most recent state funding cuts.

The University of Iowa has named Steve McGuire acting director of the UI Stanley Museum of Art as former interim director Jim Leach returns to teaching and three finalists for the permanent position prepare to visit campus.

University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld has appointed Rachel Williams university ombudsperson in the Office of the Ombudsperson. Williams will replace Susan Johnson, who will retire this summer after eight years in the position. Williams’s first day will be July 1, 2018.

As director of diversity programs and K–12 outreach in the University of Iowa College of Engineering, Tracy Peterson looks for ways to increase STEM learning opportunities for minority children. A citizen of the Navajo Nation, he also helped revitalize the annual UI Powwow, an event spotlighting Native American culture.

University of Iowa junior Austin Hughes is one of 18 undergraduates in the nation to receive the prestigious Beinecke Scholarship in 2018.

The versatile Herald Stark Opera Studio in the Voxman Music Building can transform from a classroom to a rehearsal space to a performance venue.

Sandra McGee, a Des Moines native and clinical assistant professor in the UI School of Social Work, responded to a series of fatal police shootings of black men by convening community forums that enhanced relationships between law enforcement and the African American community in Des Moines.