A new, growing group of scientists at the University of Iowa is researching how to address the storage and potential reuse of nuclear waste. Armed with grants from various federal agencies, UI faculty in chemistry, engineering, and radiology also are educating undergraduate and graduate students about the work.

A team of University of Iowa MBA finance students won the local final of the CFA Institute Research Challenge, a global competition that provides university students with hands-on mentoring and intensive training in financial analysis.

University of Iowa Staff Council’s service-recognition program acknowledges all professional and scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President.

University of Iowa Staff Council’s service-recognition program acknowledges all professional and scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President.

Kevin Washburn, Regents professor of law and former dean at the University of New Mexico School of Law, has been named the N. William Hines dean of the University of Iowa College of Law. He will begin on June 15.

Each year, “U.S. News & World Report” ranks professional schools in business, education, engineering, law, medicine, and nursing. Read the 2019 rankings for each respective college at the UI.

Howard Hu, founding dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Professor of Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Global Health, and Medicine at the University of Toronto, is the second candidate for the next UI College of Public Health dean. He will visit campus March 20 and 21.

The UI College of Public Health's annual Cancer in Iowa survey notes the increasing number of Iowans who suffer from obesity-related cancers.

Sue Curry, University of Iowa interim executive vice president and provost, has been appointed as chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Dimy Doresca, director of the UI Institute for International Business, says that a trade war sparked by proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum would not be good for Iowa's economy or its workers.

Cher Carney and Michelle Reyes, research associates in the National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS), will receive the Iowa Commissioner’s Special Award for Traffic Safety during ceremonies in Des Moines on April 26 to recognize their work with teen driver safety.

When University of Iowa drum major Analisa Iole stepped into Kinnick Stadium this past fall, she was celebrated as the University of Iowa’s first female drum major since WWII. But who were Iole’s predecessors, the women who served as leaders in the community while U.S. service members were overseas?