UI business analytics professor Jeff Ohlmann is studying the viability of a new concept called crowdshipping, where businesses ask in-store customers to deliver online orders in exchange for a gift card or reward. Find out why Ohlmann says the concept, already being piloted by big box stores, could work for small businesses.

In the 1930s, Sheryl Stoll’s mother wasn’t allowed to compete in the Iowa high school girls state basketball tournament because the school superintendent thought it would be too strenuous for young women. That memory, and meeting Iowa women’s basketball coach Jan Jensen, inspired Stoll to create an endowment called the Iowa High School Girls Basketball Pioneer Fund that supports women’s basketball at Iowa.

The University of Iowa has been awarded $1.5 million to advance materials science research by leveraging various materials’ features for quantum technologies. The award also will position the university’s MATFab facility as a regional innovator.

As the fall semester closes, President Barbara Wilson offers her thanks to faculty, staff, and students who make Iowa a great place to learn and work. "I am grateful for all you have done this semester, and I am excited for what we will accomplish together in the new year."

Hum along as the University of Iowa Dimma Saxophone Quartet serenades you with "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" The quartet features Maria Torres Melgares, soprano saxophone; Sofia Sena Ferreira, alto saxophone; Charlotte Leung-Brown, tenor saxophone; and Yang Zhou, baritone saxophone.

Susan Shen, assistant professor of psychiatry in the Carver College of Medicine, is the first from UI and the first female psychiatrist to receive a coveted Avenir Award grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Shen attributes winning the award to a supportive department and a “bold” grant proposal.

Hawkeye High-Five is a recognition program that allows faculty and staff across the university to give a “high-five” to a colleague for their contributions, teamwork, or extra effort. More than 200 high-fives were awarded in November. Read the recognition given to some of those recipients.

From new hospitals to national championships, satellites launching into space to a record incoming class of students and more, the University of Iowa's accomplishments in 2025 were many. This video takes you back to the special moments.

Anna Stanhewicz, UI associate professor in the Department of Health, Sport, and Human Physiology, won the 2026 Henry Pickering Bowditch Award from the American Physiology Society.

A new class of Hawkeyes is ready to soar — and we couldn’t be prouder of all they’ve achieved. This fall, nearly 1,700 University of Iowa undergraduate, graduate, and professional students will earn their degrees. They’ve engaged, excelled, and stretched themselves in ways that embody what it means to be a Hawkeye.

UI instructors resolved nearly 25,000 accessibility issues in ICON this fall using built-in tools and a training called Course Accessible for Everyone, or CAFÉ. Participants say the training is easy to follow and helps identifying and fixing issues feel manageable even when the volume seems daunting.

Reese Rosenmeyer is training to bring care closer to home through the Carver Rural Iowa Scholars Program, which offers mentorship, rural clinical experience, and loan repayment to prepare future physicians. Learn more about her journey.