Cindy Ann Kilgo, a doctoral candidate in educational policy and leadership studies, was one of six recipients to be given the Diversity Catalyst Award by the UI Chief Diversity Office.

Victoria Maneev has been honored as a Chi Sigma Iota Leadership Fellow.

Patricia Bahr, Director of ICATER in the College of Education, has received a Distinguished Service Award from The Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA).

Efthymia Kapnoula, who received master's and doctorate degrees in psychology from the University of Iowa, has received the 2016 European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP) Early Career Publication Award.

Chuck Fluharty, president of the UI’s Rural Policy Research Institute, says that farmers aren’t a big part of small-town rural economies anymore, but farmers still need the small towns.

Alice Wang, professor of marketing in the Tippie College of Business, studies the shopping habits of lonely people and finds they tend to be more apt to engage in compulsive shopping.

Tom Brokaw, a noted journalist whose career has spanned over five decades, announced that his personal papers will be preserved at the University of Iowa Libraries. The collection, including Brokaw’s brushes with some of history’s most fascinating and frustrating events, will become available to students and scholars beginning in 2017.

A team of University of Iowa accounting students recently won the regional championship of a tax case study sponsored by Deloitte, a national accounting and consulting service.

The Joffrey Ballet debuts its new rendition of “The Nutcracker” this weekend on the Hancher stage, Chuck Swanson, executive director of Hancher, and Ashley Wheater, artistic director of the Joffrey Ballet, sat down with “Iowa Now” to talk about “The Nutcracker” and the history between Hancher and the Joffrey Ballet.

StormReady communities and universities have made a strong commitment to implement the infrastructure and systems needed to save lives and protect property when severe weather strikes.

In a search for a new associate dean, the search committee determined the best course of action was to divide the position’s responsibilities and appoint both finalists, Durham and Getz, enabling CLAS leadership to address immediate key issues surrounding graduate education and outreach and engagement.

The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital is postponing its move-in until late January or early February 2017. The safety and comfort of patients, their families, and staff are the top priorities, and officials determined that they are close but not quite ready to move into the new facility.