This year’s €100,000 International Dublin Literary Award was won by 33-year-old U.S. author Emily Ruskovich for her debut novel, Idaho.

Maurine Neiman, associate professor in the Department of Biology, comments on a study contending that sexual reproduction in multi-cellular organisms may have provided evolutionary defense against cancer and other malignant cells.

Researchers at the University of Iowa and the U.S. Geological Survey have found that data gathered from orbiting satellites can provide more accurate information on the impact of large earthquakes, which, in turn, can help provide more effective emergency response.

UI President Bruce Harreld appointed Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Sue Curry to the position of administrative fellow in the Office of the President and she also will serve as senior adviser for preventive services for the National Institutes of Health.

For nearly 10 years, the UI’s seven cluster areas reported to the Office of the Provost. With faculty recruitment in the clusters now completed, they have achieved a point of maturation that allows them to function independently of direct oversight.

The final class of the University of Iowa's full-time MBA program graduated this spring, as the Tippie College of Business joins other business schools in re-evaluating its slate of professional education offerings.

The University of Iowa is among the world's top 100 producers of patents among higher educational institutions, according to data from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office gathered by the National Academy of Inventors.

The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections is the new home of the renowned Sackner Archive of Visual and Concrete Poetry, the largest collection of concrete and visual poetry in the world.

Kathy Bialk, assistant provost and director of Student Financial Aid at the University of Iowa, and Kelly Carrell, associate director of Student Financial Aid at the UI, earned the designation of Certified Financial Aid Administrator (CFAA).

The University of Iowa’s instructional design team will present at an international convention for instructional design, the 2019 AECT International Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The UI’s proposal was accepted by Association for Educational Communications and Technologies in a competitive selection process.

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, voted at its June 2019 meeting to extend the contract for University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld by two-and-a-half years.

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, approved a 3.9% increase for undergraduate resident tuition and a 1% increase for nonresident undergraduates at the University of Iowa for the 2019–20 academic year.