The University of Iowa will confer an estimated 1,500 degrees at three December commencement ceremonies Friday, Dec. 14 and Saturday, Dec. 15, to honor students graduating at the end of the fall semester.

A University of Iowa economist’s new study of Depression-era bank failures in Mississippi suggests that the overall economic damage caused by financial crises can be mitigated by cash infusions from the Federal Reserve.

Jessica Reed, who earned her Master of Science degree in chemistry from the UI in 2012, won this year's Sims Award for her research on hydrogen gas storage for use as fuel. Reed's work with magnetic microparticles substantially increases the hydrogen storage capacity of palladium and other metals used in hydrogen fuel cells.

University of Iowa College of Education Dean Margaret Crocco has announced her resignation as dean, effective Dec. 14, 2012. Crocco has served as dean of the College since July 1, 2011.

Hancher announces an addition to its Club Hancher lineup and the title of a previously announced—but unnamed—performance by a well-known monologist.

University of Iowa Libraries is teaming up with Therapy Dogs of Johnson County to offer a finals week study break for students on Monday, Dec. 10, from 4-7 p.m.

The UI Office of Student Financial Aid wants to help students better manage the educational debt they shoulder, even while reducing the overall need to borrow. New financial counseling initiatives may do just that.

Nicholas Colangelo, who founded and directed the University of Iowa College of Education's Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development, is stepping down at the end of this month after 25 years as an advocate for gifted education.

Jonathon Doorn, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences and experimental therapeutics in the UI College of Pharmacy will share his experience as a Christian in science during the “Finding God at Iowa” Lunch Forum, Friday, Dec. 7.

The University of Iowa is the lead institution for a first-ever international patient registry to study a rare pancreas disease in children. The pediatric pancreatitis registry is funded by a $275,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health obtained by UI associate professor Aliye Uc.

Two colleges at the University of Iowa have received a total of $50,000 in grants from State Farm to promote business and technology education curriculum and training.

Ali Heath's self-determination and independent living skills took a giant leap forward when she obtained a paid summer internship miles away from home, thanks to a Wellmark/UI College of Education REACH partnership that helps young adults with intellectual disabilities.