A new online class being taught this fall at the University of Iowa Microfabrication Facility allows students from across the country to participate in laboratory experiments and exercises in real time via state-of-the-art instrumentation.

The Iowa Native Spaces project, led by graduate students and faculty from UI’s History Corps, works closely with tribal partners to help prevent the erasure of Meskwaki and Ioway history and bring Native perspectives to more Iowans.

To help international students feel more involved on campus, a group of students developed the Conversation Center and a class that goes with it.

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Jamie Achrazoglou, who has worked at the University of Iowa for more than 30 years, is involved with many UI projects. For the past six years, one of her more visible roles has been in Recreational Services, where she teaches Zumba.

Richard (Dick) and Mary Jo Stanley have committed $10 million to support the building campaign for the University of Iowa Museum of Art. The gift, which comes from two generations of the family, will help create a new museum and permanent home for the UIMA collection.

Though Des Moines–based The Principal Financial Group is switching its stock listing from the New York Stock Exchange to the NASDAQ, University of Iowa finance faculty member Cathy Zaharis says it doesn't mean much for investors.

The College of Public Health’s Business Leadership Network has awarded grants to six Iowa social service and health care organizations to help them develop initiatives to improve the health of Iowans of all ages.

The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank (DSHB) at the University of Iowa funds awards meant to advance the education of liberal arts students, including aspiring scientists, by helping to defray research-related expenses. It recently named associate professors Amber Brian, Mary Cohen, Marie Kruger, Brenda Longfellow, and Miriam Thaggert DSHB Faculty Scholars.

The University of Iowa will honor December 2017 graduates during a series of commencement ceremonies Thursday through Sunday, Dec. 14–17.

The University of Iowa College of Public Health has been working with the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, gathering and analyzing data collected during numerous studies the foundation funds to find a treatment for the disease.

Online delivery is a fast and secure way for University of Iowa employees to receive year-end W-2 and Affordable Care Act (ACA) 1095 forms.