Nyah Davis is a mathematics major from Des Moines, Iowa, whose algebra research focuses on the representation theory of quivers, or directed graphs. Jack Lynn is a biomedical engineering major from Bettendorf, Iowa, who studies computational biochemistry, specifically RNA biomolecular simulation.

The University of Iowa has 10 programs ranked among the top 10 of U.S. colleges and universities in the 2022 “U.S. News & World Report” rankings of graduate and professional schools.

The University of Iowa Presidential Search Committee will meet virtually on April 1—3.

Iowa Board of Regents President Michael Richards has announced that University of Iowa Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate College John Keller will serve as interim president until the next permanent UI president begins their duties.

The National Science Foundation announced that two University of Iowa professors of computer science have been named recipients of CAREER grants, the NSF’s most prestigious research award for early-career faculty in the sciences.

Thanks to the diligent work and progress of the search committee, they are well into the process six months later, with campus visits scheduled for finalists in mid-April and a Board of Regents meeting to select a new president on April 30. Board President Michael Richards has requested that I remai

The University of Iowa has joined the Institute of International Education Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF) Alliance, a global network of partners offering practical support to scholars threatened by war and persecution.

The next meeting of the University of Iowa presidential search committee will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, March 26.

A March 7 story about the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer whose May 2020 killing of George Floyd ignited a nationwide racial reckoning, shows why Rachel Marie-Crane Williams' new book is so essential right now. Williams is an assistant professor in the School of Art and Art History and Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies.

The university will create a multipurpose green space on part of the site where Seashore Hall once stood. The area will serve as a place to study, hold outdoor classes or small events, and more.

Oprah Winfrey announced the selection of Marilynne Robinson’s four acclaimed “Gilead” novels for her next book club selection. Robinson won the Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for “Gilead,” the first of her books set in the fictional town of Gilead, Iowa. She followed with “Home,” “Lila” and “Jack.” Robinson was a faculty member in the acclaimed Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the UI Department of English for...

The research of retired Iowa mathematics professor Herb Hethcote that shows how to design models for infectious disease transmission has taken on a new level of relevance during the COVID-19 pandemic, generating thousands of citations since March 2020.