Faculty

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UI student’s computer science skills aid Iowa literacy efforts

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Iowa Reading Research Center programmer Ben Stone is the 2022 Student Employee of the Year. Six other students and seven student employee supervisors were also recognized during National Student Employment Week .

Egan receives Lola Lopes Award

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Deirdre Egan, assistant director of the University of Iowa Writing Center, is the recipient of the 2022 Lola Lopes Award for Undergraduate Student Advocacy.
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Febos named 2022 Guggenheim Fellow

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
The spring 2022 semester has been quite extraordinary for Melissa Febos, who has won three national awards.
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Stanley Museum of Art offers sneak peek inside new building

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
The Stanley Museum of Art opened its doors for the first time in 2022 for local media to explore the work being made on the 63,000 square foot building, which is the final restoration project following the 2008 floods that displaced a large part of the UI campus.

UI releases final report, recommendations as Future of Work pilot nears end

Thursday, April 7, 2022
As the second Future of Work@Iowa pilot phase nears its end, the University of Iowa has released its final report and recommendations for how flexible work should be implemented across campus, beginning July 1.

Perry named executive director of Hancher, Office of Performing Arts and Engagement

Thursday, April 7, 2022
Andre Perry has been named the executive director of Hancher Auditorium and the Office of Performing Arts and Engagement at the University of Iowa.

UI honors faculty, staff, students at Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women

Thursday, April 7, 2022
Two exceptional female University of Iowa leaders and educators were awarded the Susan C. Buckley Distinguished Achievement Award for Staff and May Brodbeck Distinguished Achievement Award for Faculty at the University of Iowa’s annual Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women on April 6
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University of Iowa key partner in $360M national water consortium

Wednesday, April 6, 2022
The University of Iowa will be a key partner in a $360 million center to improve the United States’s ability to predict water-related hazards and better manage its water. Iowa will receive $21 million as a partner in the Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology.
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Volkman named 2022 Goldwater Scholar

Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Third-year student excels at undergraduate research for Iowa Neuroscience Institute
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UI researchers create map showing flood risk for Iowa farmland

Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Researchers at the University of Iowa have created the first set of maps examining the flood risk for all farmland in Iowa. The maps show 450,000 acres of crops in areas with a 50% chance of flooding, and losses from flooding averaging $230 million annually.

Because of Shark Tank, Iowa JPEC Alumna Cole has another life-changing event

University of Iowa alumna Erica Cole appeared on ABC TV's Shark Tank on April 1. By the time she left, sharks (judges/investors) Mark Cuban and Emma Grede invested $100,000 for 10% ownership in Cole’s company, No Limbits.

Financial Career Started With a Ride on a Hog Truck

Henry B. Tippie, who has died at age 95, grew up on a farm, earned an accounting degree and put the Rollins brothers’ finances in order so they could buy Orkin. Read more about this important University of Iowa benefactor and alumni.