In this welcome message to campus, President Harreld and Provost Montse Fuentes outline Iowa’s principles and present university resources available to the Hawkeye community.

University of Iowa researchers have found that a single bout of exercise benefits older people’s brains. In experiments in which participants aged 60 to 80 exercised once and multiple times, the researchers found some individuals showed improved cognitive functions and working memory.

The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights and Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature have announced their selection for One Community, One Book 2019: The Far Away Brothers, by Lauren Markham.

The Iowa Geological Survey at the University of Iowa has mapped the state’s underground water supply and produces tailored groundwater management plans for communities and industries. The goal: Ensure safe, reliable, and sustainable drinking water for Iowans.

Researchers from the colleges of Pharmacy and Public Health received a $3 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study falls of elderly people. The study aims to see if eliminating high-risk medications will reduce falls among the elderly.

Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

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.

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.

The Summer Health Professions Education Program celebrates 30 years of preparing students who are underrepresented in the health professions for careers in health and medicine. The program has introduced nearly 30,000 first- and second-year college students, including those at the UI, to careers in medicine, dentistry, and other health professions.

Mark Berg, director of the University of Iowa Public Policy Center's Crime and Justice Policy Research Program and associate professor in the Department of Sociology, was awarded grant funding for a two-year project titled, “Childhood Stressors and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Adulthood: A Longitudinal Investigation of Divergent Explanatory Models.”

The University of Iowa will receive a $1.07 million from the EPA Farmer to Farmer Cooperative Agreement to fund a project that improves water quality, habitat, and environmental education. UI will partner with farmers and urban consumers in Johnson and Iowa counties to demonstrate innovative nutrient and sediment reduction practices.

TaJuan Wilson, University of Iowa associate vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion, has chosen to resign his current position and move to the Office of the Vice President for External Relations to support special projects for the university.