The University of Iowa Presidential Search Committee and the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, will meet in the Levitt Center for Advancement on April 29-30.

University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and alumni received some of the institution’s highest honors on April 20 at the 104th Finkbine Dinner.

The next meeting of the University of Iowa presidential search committee will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 28.

The American Academy of Arts and Letters has honored five University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduates and a former visiting faculty member with its 2021 awards in literature, while another workshop alumna was elected to membership in the elite group.

Four University of Iowa faculty members will receive the 2020 President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence in recognition of their years of outstanding teaching: Elizabeth Oakes, Lisa Segre, Mary Noonan, Madeline Shea.

Daniel L. Clay, dean of the University of Iowa College of Education, will visit campus on April 22—23 to meet with faculty, staff, and students.

Wendy F. Hensel, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, will visit campus on April 19—20 to meet with faculty, staff, and students.

Tracie Morris, professor of poetry at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, has received a Guggenheim fellowship to write a book and craft a play about influential actor and playwright Ira Aldridge. The fellowship provides six to 12 months’ funding for artists, scholars, and writers to pursue creative project

Erika Christiansen, assistant director for leadership, service, and civic engagement in the University of Iowa Division of Student Life (DSL), is the recipient of the 2021 Lola Lopes Award for Undergraduate Student Advocacy.

Barbara J. Wilson, executive vice president and vice president for academic affairs for the University of Illinois System in Urbana, Illinois, will visit campus on April 15—16 to meet with faculty, staff, and students.

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, has announced the first finalist for the next president of the University of Iowa.

Guowei Qi, a fourth-year student from West Des Moines, Iowa, has been named one of 17 Churchill scholars in the nation.