The Office of the Provost is accepting proposals from campus units interested in hosting a postdoctoral fellow as part of the new Provost’s Postdoctoral Faculty Fellowship Program.

University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld has named Laura McLeran interim vice president for student life. McLeran, senior advisor to the president and associate vice president for external relations, will begin serving on Jan. 1.

Cheryl Reardon, UI chief human resources officer and associate vice president, discusses the uniqueness of the Hawkeye community.

The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) is appointing three faculty members to new collegiate leadership positions, effective Jan. 1.

Faculty members from the University of Iowa’s College of Engineering and the Carver College of Medicine have been named IEEE Fellows, the highest grade of IEEE membership recognized by the technical community as a prestigious honor and an important career achievement.

Russell Ganim, director of the Division of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), has been named the new associate provost and dean of International Programs. He will begin on Jan. 1.

Professors Arturs Kalnin from the Tippie College of Business and Keith Mueller in the College of Public Health offer their analysis of the recent failed merger talks between UnityPoint Health and Sanford Health.

Leslie Flynn, clinical associate professor in the Tippie College of Business, testified recently that encouraging more women and people of color to apply for patents is critical for America's continued economic growth.

A study from Corinne Peek-Asa, a researcher in the College of Public Health, finds the number of work-related farm injuries is underreported because of gaps in the workers compensation reporting system.

Allexis Mahanna, a UI senior majoring in global health studies, won the inaugural Undergraduate Library Research Award (ULRA) offered by the University of Iowa Libraries. Mahanna was selected from a competitive pool of undergraduate researchers who applied for the award and presented their work at the UI’s Fall Undergraduate Research Festival held Nov. 13, 2019.

Numerous University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students received more than $81,000 in cash prizes for their new business start-up ideas recently in the university's Iowa Innovation Challenge.

Peg Nopoulos, chair of psychiatry and professor of psychiatry, neurology, and pediatrics in the UI Carver College of Medicine, has received a five-year, $18 million grant to continue and expand a decade-long study on brain development in children at risk for developing Huntington’s disease.