Five University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students were recognized at the inaugural First-Generation Student Awards and Recognition Ceremony held Friday, Nov. 8, in Hancher Auditorium as part of the 2019 National First-Generation College Celebration.

A search committee has announced the second finalist for the new associate provost and dean of international programs.

A collaboration between the University of Iowa 3D Design team and Theatre Arts Department won top honors in CONNECT, the design school competition at the 2019 Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design (SOFA) Fair.

A New York Times story about Sam Falk, a Times staff photographer of more than four decades, included a Falk’s photo of the 1952 Iowa Homecoming game against the Ohio State University (an Iowa victory).

A university search committee has announced the first finalist for the new associate provost and dean of International Programs. Corinne Peek-Asa, associate dean for research in the UI College of Public Health, will participate in an open forum from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8.

Six University of Iowa alumni and faculty who served their country will be honored in a ceremony at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14, in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union.

The chair of the search committee for the next vice president for student life invites members of the UI community to nominate individuals they believe to be qualified to serve in the role.

As part of the Iowa City Area Transit Study, open houses will take place Nov. 12–14 for community members to learn more about the study and provide input about the transit system. Community members also can participate by completing a survey. Learn more and take the survey.

University of Iowa physicists reported that the spacecraft Voyager 2 has entered interstellar space. BBC spoke with Don Gurnett, professor emeritus in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and carried his comments in a print story and in a broadcast on the BBC World Service radio.

John Culshaw, the Jack B. King University Librarian at the University of Iowa, has been elected to serve as incoming vice president/president-elect for the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Culshaw will become ARL president on Oct. 7, 2020.

The University of Iowa search committee for the new associate provost and dean of International Programs has selected three final internal candidates.

Four teams of University of Iowa students were honored for their business startup ideas at the fall semester Iowa Startup Games competition, sponsored by the Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center.