Faculty

UI video series to address diversity progress on campus

Wednesday, February 9, 2022
The University of Iowa Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is highlighting the institution’s advances toward becoming a more inclusive community by producing a video series titled The Journey to Unity Update. Weekly installments will feature conversations between community members fro

UI commits funding to recruit, retain faculty with new program

Thursday, February 3, 2022
A new program created in 2021 to recruit and retain faculty, including those from underrepresented backgrounds, has committed more than $4 million to support 25 positions in its first year.
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Search committee announced for university ombudsperson

Thursday, February 3, 2022
After more than 15 years at the university, long time Ombudsperson Cynthia Joyce has announced she will retire. A search committee has been tasked with finding the next university ombudsperson.
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Chuck Swanson to retire from Hancher Auditorium

Thursday, February 3, 2022
Chuck Swanson, longtime executive director of Hancher Auditorium at the University of Iowa, has announced his upcoming retirement.

Iowa recognized by EPA as top green power user

Thursday, February 3, 2022
The University of Iowa, which recently became a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green Power Partner, is recognized on several of the EPA’s Top Green Power Partner Lists.

Kimberly Hunter appointed to serve as interim CEO of UI Hospitals & Clinics

Thursday, January 27, 2022
Kimberly Hunter has been named interim CEO of UI Hospitals & Clinics starting March 1, 2022, following the departure of Suresh Gunasekaran.

UI creates Iowa Mid-Career Faculty Scholar Award

Thursday, January 27, 2022
The University of Iowa has created a new award to recognize and retain outstanding tenured faculty.

4 Iowa professors win prestigious NEH grants

Thursday, January 27, 2022
Four University of Iowa faculty members were awarded the nation’s most prestigious humanities scholarship, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants. The NEH awarded $24.7 million to 208 humanities projects nationwide.

7 Iowa faculty named AAAS fellows

Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Seven University of Iowa researchers have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general-scientific society.

Six UI online programs earn U.S. News honors

Tuesday, January 25, 2022
U.S. News & World Report has ranked six University of Iowa programs among the best in the country in its new ranking of online programs.

The Rise of A.I. Fighter Pilots

Tom Schnell, director of the UI's Operator Performance Labortaory, is featured in this story about how artificial intelligence technology is being developed to fly warplanes.
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UI students receive degrees after the fall 2021 semester

Friday, January 21, 2022
UI students receive degrees after the fall 2021 semester.