The University of Iowa Committee on the Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women announces that the Distinguished Achievement Award for Faculty has been renamed the May Brodbeck Distinguished Achievement Award for Faculty in honor of the UI's first female vice president.

A new initiative from the University of Iowa provides IT consulting services to small businesses throughout Iowa, and new offices were opened today, Tuesday, Jan. 13, in Sioux City and Council Bluffs to join the original office that opened last year in Iowa City.

Workers will use a crane to inspect and repair a pulley system in the dome of the University of Iowa’s Old Capitol Museum Thursday morning, Jan. 15.

Dr. Ghadeer Thalji received a Glaxo-Smith-Kline Prosthodontic Innovator Award, which is given to acknowledge those who advance the understanding of prosthodontics-related biological and/or material systems, human behavior, cost and care delivery, as well as economic modeling and quality of life in their investigations.

Dr. Robert Franciscus, UI Department of Anthropology, with a secondary appointment in the College of Dentistry, and Dr. Jeffrey Murray, UI College of Medicine, with a joint-appointment in the College of Dentistry, have been elected as 2014 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Drs. Murray and Franciscus are being honored for their contributions to innovation...

Dr. Satheesh Elangovan, Department of Periodontics, has received a two-year NIH grant. The award amount is projected to be $406,285 and will be used for his research, “A Novel RNA-Based Biomaterial for Bone Regeneration.” Results from this study will pro- vide critical information on the feasibility and effectiveness of cmRNA-based therapeutics for bone regeneration. New knowledge gained from the...

The University of Iowa attracts and retains a highly effective and productive workforce. That’s according to the results of the 2014 Working at Iowa survey, administered by UI Human Resources.

UI College of Nursing expert Krista Ford offer tips on how to shovel safely this winter, getting the benefits of physical activity without serious injury.

The University of Iowa REACH Program in the College of Education received a $25,000 grant from the Autism Speaks Family Services Committee. The award is from the second annual Brian & Patricia Kelly Postsecondary Scholarship Fund, and the funds will be distributed to individuals for up to $5,000 each for the fall 2015 semester.UI REACH is a two-year, transition certificate program for students...

The Iowa Board of Regents has selected two consulting firms to assist with implementation of a series of cost saving measures at the three public universities beginning next month. TIER, or the Transparent Inclusive Efficiency Review, identified 12 administrative business cases for potential savings in Human Resources, Finance, IT, and Facilities.

The Los Angeles Review of Books interviewed Meenakshi Gigi Durham, professor in the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication, as part of its four-part interview series discussing the various cultural and literary impacts of Nabokov's Lolita.

Jacob Odgaard, professor of civil and environmental engineering and faculty research engineer at IIHR--Hydroscience & Engineering (ASCE), has been selected to receive the 2015 Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers for his paper, "Baffle-Drop Structure Design Relationships," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, September 2013. The committee particularly noted...