Matt Kroul is one in a long tradition of Hawkeyes who grew up chucking hay bales before tossing opponents at Kinnick Stadium. Visit the Iowa Magazine website to learn more about Kroul and other Hawkeyes who, when hearing the phrase "America needs farmers," know they're answering that need.

Ashley Wurzbacher, author of Happy Like This, released this fall from the University of Iowa Press, was named one of the 2019 National Book Award’s 5 Under 35 authors.

Staff at the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art are preparing for its expected 2022 opening, designing gallery spaces, growing the collection, ensuring art is gallery-ready, thinking about how technology can enhance the visitor experience, and fostering new partnerships and collaborations.

Calvin Hennick, who earned a bachelor's degree in English in 2004 from the University of Iowa, has won the Pushcart Editors' Book Award for his new book, Once More To The Rodeo: A Memoir.

University of Iowa Staff Council’s service-recognition program acknowledges all professional and scientific and merit supervisory exempt and confidential staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President.

The University of Iowa won the 2019 Blood Donation Challenge for the Corridor Corporate Games (CCG). The challenge was one of the 25 events offered to participating businesses during the games this year.

Paul Kalina and Daniel Fine presented their work-in-progress, Media Clown, this summer at the 2019 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, a prestigious international exhibit and festival.

The University of Iowa’s National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) has received a $7 million grant from the United States Department of Transportation to study the safe deployment of automated vehicles in rural areas.

As Iowa towns and cities have become more diverse, David Cassels Johnson, an associate professor of Foreign Languages and ESL Education in the University of Iowa College of Education, discusses the growing needs of English Language Learner (ELL) students in Iowa.

J. Martin Scholtz, the new vice president for research at the University of Iowa, benefited from doing research as an undergraduate. Now, he wants to expand research opportunities for Iowa undergrads and explore creative ways to support world-class work by faculty in the arts, humanities, and sciences.

University of Iowa tenure- and clinical-track faculty receiving a promotion to associate professor or full professor will receive larger automatic salary raises, according to a change in the university’s promotional raise policy announced by Executive Vice President and Provost Montserrat Fuentes.

In a series of Q&As, University of Iowa 2019–20 shared governance leaders discuss their ideas for the coming academic year.