Following are highlights from the Iowa Board of Regents meeting Thursday, April 23, at the School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs.

There’s no other day during the school year when philanthropy is more visible on the University of Iowa campus than on Phil’s Day, Thursday, April 30. The fourth annual Phil's Day marks—literally—the impact of private gifts on UI facilities, programs, and people.

Beginning fall 2016, the University of Iowa will offer bachelor’s degrees in public health, the first Board of Regents institution to offer an undergraduate major in the field. The degree program is expected to help meet Iowa’s need for public health trained professionals who can directly support citizens’ health.

This week on Iowa Now Minute features The Bachelor, a shark, and a top 10 draft pick.

In March the University of Iowa Press published "A Wrestling Life: The Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable." The book has flown off the shelves and was just added to "The New York Times" Best Sellers list for sports books, one of the prominent bestseller lists in the United States.

As throngs of University of Iowa students head back to campus this fall and the university welcomes a new first-year cohort, some 500 students will become the first occupants of the newest residence hall on campus: the Mary Louise Petersen Residence Hall.

University of Iowa junior softball player Haley Hansel is a Big Ten student-athlete, but that's not her only big role.

Students of all majors can benefit from the university’s top-ranked writing programs by completing an Undergraduate Certificate in Writing, which is offered through the Frank N. Magid Center for Undergraduate Writing in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

The Iowa Institute of Human Genetics is offering a new test that will ensure that patients who may require specific pain medications, or need blood-thinning drugs to prevent heart attack or stroke, will receive medicine that is safe and effective, based on the patient's own genetic make-up.

Gone are the days of one-meal-fits-all, cafeteria-style service. On the UI campus, made-to-order stations allow food-savvy millennials to build their own burgers, burritos, or omelets, not to mention salad bars, carving stations, soups, and breads.

University of Iowa Police have arrested one person in connection with multiple burglary reports in the Quadrangle Residence Hall earlier this year.

By tending to nearly half an acre on the west side of campus, the co-presidents of the UI Student Garden have learned to grow a variety of vegetable, herbs, and flowers. But they also have picked up valuable job skills, fine-tuned their career aspirations, 
and gained personal insight.