The co-chairs of a committee tasked with selecting the next University of Iowa associate provost for graduate and professional education and dean of the Graduate College are seeking internal applications for the position.

Faculty resignations decreased 11% in the past year due to numerous leadership, education, and support programs.

Weiguo (Patrick) Fan, Henry B. Tippie Excellence Chair in Business Analytics and professor in the Tippie College of Business and faculty director of the Tippie Analytics Cooperative, and Eric J. Hunter, department executive officer and professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Harriet B. and Harold S. Brady Chair in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will deliver the University of Iowa’s 42nd Presidential Lecture.

Mariola Espinosa, associate professor of history in Latin American Studies, was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant, the nation’s most prestigious humanities scholarship.

Earlier this semester, we asked some students to write thank you notes to faculty and instructors who made a difference during your time at Iowa. We recorded them reading the letters for the first time.

Patrick Johanns, Tippie College of Business associate professor of instruction, has a side gig as Santa Claus during the holiday season to spread cheer to area children.

University of Iowa faculty and staff shared gratitude for colleagues who have made a positive impact this year.

On Dec. 19—22, more than 1,700 University of Iowa students will receive their degrees during in-person and livestreamed commencement ceremonies, beginning with the College of Education’s undergraduate and Teacher Education Program recognition Dec. 19 and concluding with the College of Engineering, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and University College ceremonies on Dec. 22.

The University of Iowa’s new Veteran and Military Council will offer support to faculty and staff who are Veterans and military members, as well as provide mentoring to students.

Mark Burkard and Martin Grace are the two most recent UI faculty hires as part of the Transformational Faculty Hiring Program.

A University of Iowa professor has received funding to study an imaging technology that could help provide early identification of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

As with other foods that have become trendy, such as acai berries, or widely used, such as palm oil, intensive avocado production is causing significant environmental damage, writes Viridiana Hernández Fernández, assistant professor of history at Iowa.