The University of Iowa search committee for the new university ombudsperson has selected three final candidates. The candidates will participate in open forums March 28 to April 1 where they will meet with faculty, staff, students, shared governance, and campus leadership.

For about 10 years, West Liberty has had a Latino-majority population but it wasn't until this year that the city was represented by a Latino-majority city council. Alongside Dana Dominguez, Omar Martinez, Jose Zacarias, Cara McFerren, and Diane Beranek serve on the council, along with Mayor Katie McCullough.

Melissa Febos, associate professor in the Nonfiction Writing Program, was named winner of the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism for Girlhood, a collection of essays about the values that shape girls and the women they become.

A physicist at the University of Iowa is part of an international research team that has discovered a potential new method for controlling light. The finding could lead to various applications, such as furthering LED technology, and advancing the detection of trace pollutants.

Four University of Iowa faculty members were awarded the University of Iowa’s top honor in recognition of their years of outstanding teaching.

New Office of Performing Arts and Engagement will elevate Hancher’s role on campus as it grows to become university-wide hub for the development, production, and presentation of performing arts.

The University of Iowa hosted the 2022 Nachte Raho dance competition March 5, 2022 inside Hancher Auditorium

41% of U.S. adults delayed or avoided medical care—including cancer screening tests—in 2020. While the extent of the impact of this decrease in screenings is unknown, it’s possible it may have led to delayed diagnoses and increases in avoidable cancer deaths.

University of Iowa Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel Carroll J. Reasoner has announced that she will retire once her successor is hired.

The University of Iowa officially celebrated its 175th anniversary on Feb. 25—27 with two key events, the installation of Barbara Wilson as the university’s 22nd president and the 2022 Presidential Lecture.

Jasper Halekas, associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been selected as an instrument scientist for HelioSwarm, a $250 million NASA mission that measure fluctuations in the magnetic field and motions of the solar wind known as solar wind turbulence.

The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Gies Foundation has awarded the University of Iowa College of Dentistry’s Geriatrics and Special Needs Clinic the 2022 William J. Gies Award in the category of Achievement as an Academic Dental Institution.