A partnership between the UI College of Nursing and the Iowa City Free Medical and Dental Clinic provides the clinic with a nurse practitioner and a steady supply of nurse practitioner students to treat patients, most of whom have no health insurance and limited access to medical care.

Alexis Madsen, along with seven other student employees and supervisors, will be honored for their work during the 2017–18 National Student Employment Week, April 9–13.

In a message to the campus community, University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld and Senior Vice President for Operations Rod Lehnertz discuss an upcoming construction moratorium and cuts to programs and services that the university will be forced to enact after the most recent state funding cuts.

The University of Iowa has named Steve McGuire acting director of the UI Stanley Museum of Art as former interim director Jim Leach returns to teaching and three finalists for the permanent position prepare to visit campus.

University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld has appointed Rachel Williams university ombudsperson in the Office of the Ombudsperson. Williams will replace Susan Johnson, who will retire this summer after eight years in the position. Williams’s first day will be July 1, 2018.

As director of diversity programs and K–12 outreach in the University of Iowa College of Engineering, Tracy Peterson looks for ways to increase STEM learning opportunities for minority children. A citizen of the Navajo Nation, he also helped revitalize the annual UI Powwow, an event spotlighting Native American culture.

The versatile Herald Stark Opera Studio in the Voxman Music Building can transform from a classroom to a rehearsal space to a performance venue.

Sandra McGee, a Des Moines native and clinical assistant professor in the UI School of Social Work, responded to a series of fatal police shootings of black men by convening community forums that enhanced relationships between law enforcement and the African American community in Des Moines.

Five MFA students in the famous Iowa Writers’ Workshop came to the UI as teenagers to attend the Iowa Young Writers Studio, a summer camp for high school student writers. They talk about the experiences that have stayed with them.

The Campus Recreation and Wellness Center’s Wellness Services area provides many services, including nutrition consultation. Faculty, staff, and students can come to Wellness Services for support as they pursue their health goals.

Faculty, staff, and students in the UI School of Music and Department of Chemistry teamed up to turn physics and chemistry equipment into musical instruments—a project that culminated in a unique and impressive performance.

Alumni Scott Beck (BA ’07, communication studies) and Bryan Woods (BA ’07, communication studies) can add a blockbuster opening weekend to their résumés. The screenwriters of "A Quiet Place," which topped the box office in its opening weekend, discuss their influential time at UI.