Larry Lockwood, assistant provost and university registrar, will retire on July 6 after 19 years at the University of Iowa.

Tracie Morris, professor of poetry at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, has received a Guggenheim fellowship to write a book and craft a play about influential actor and playwright Ira Aldridge. The fellowship provides six to 12 months’ funding for artists, scholars, and writers to pursue creative project

Erika Christiansen, assistant director for leadership, service, and civic engagement in the University of Iowa Division of Student Life (DSL), is the recipient of the 2021 Lola Lopes Award for Undergraduate Student Advocacy.

Barbara J. Wilson, executive vice president and vice president for academic affairs for the University of Illinois System in Urbana, Illinois, will visit campus on April 15—16 to meet with faculty, staff, and students.

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, has announced the first finalist for the next president of the University of Iowa.

Guowei Qi, a fourth-year student from West Des Moines, Iowa, has been named one of 17 Churchill scholars in the nation.

Hancher Auditorium's public engagement coordinator, Chuy Renteria, talks about being a dancer, an artist, and an author. In his upcoming book, We Heard It When We Were Young: Tales of Growing Up Mexican American in Small Town Iowa, Renteria writes about growing up in West Liberty, Iowa. The book is forthcoming from University of Iowa Press.

The Henry Fund, the University of Iowa’s graduate student-managed investment fund, was recently named the top fund in its class based on its performance in 2020.

University of Iowa researchers have won $1.2 million from NASA to study the effects of the hazardous radiation environment around the Earth generated by the supersonic, heated wind from the sun.

Executive Vice President and Provost Kevin Kregel has named Galen Schneider interim dean of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry effective June 12.

The University of Iowa search committee tasked with helping the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, select a new president considered 79 applications at its March 26 meeting, and from that pool, selected 12 candidates who will be interviewed today and Friday, April 1–2.

The University of Iowa has confirmed the dates of its 2021–22 academic calendar with no changes made to the start or end dates for fall 2021, spring 2022, or summer 2022. The calendar also includes an optional four-week winter session beginning Dec. 20 and a weeklong spring break in March 2022.