A University of Iowa search committee has announced the third candidate for the next dean of the College of Law.

Barrett (Barry) W. Thomas has been named the next associate provost for faculty and strategic operations in the University of Iowa Office of the Provost. Thomas, the senior associate dean and Gary C. Fethke Research Professor in Business Analytics in the Tippie College of Business, will begin a part-time appointment in January 2025, transitioning to full-time on July 1, 2025.

A University of Iowa search committee has announced the second candidate for the next dean of the College of Law.

A University of Iowa search committee has announced the first candidate for the next dean of the College of Law.

The search committee for the next dean of the University of Iowa College of Law is pleased to announce that three candidates will participate in campus visits in early December. Each candidate will participate in an open forum and meet with faculty, staff, students, shared governance, and campus leadership.

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education awards UI a gold rating for its sustainability efforts in curriculum, energy use, and more.

The University of Iowa is uniquely known for being a place where art meets science, where students are encouraged to explore and innovate across these disciplines. Paras Bassuk, UI’s newest Rhodes Scholar, personifies exactly what that means—and more.

Israel Wipf, a graduate student in the Department of Biology, won the 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, in which graduate students share their research in three minutes or fewer to a general audience. Wipf is using fruit flies as a living organism to explore the connection between obesity and cancer.

The University of Iowa continues to push forward with several projects that are part of its 10-year facilities master plan, a key component of which is a new patient care tower on UI Health Care’s university campus.

David C. Schwebel, associate vice president for research facilities and infrastructure and university professor of psychology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been named the University of Iowa’s next vice president for research. He will begin July 1.

An international regatta on the Grand Canal. A stunning sunset viewed from the Taj Mahal. A professor reciting the Iliad during a visit to an ancient theater in Greece. These are among the winning images selected for the 2024 International Programs annual photo contest, part of International Education Week (IEW). This event aims to inspire greater awareness of the many ways the University of Iowa community can experience international education.

Executive Vice President and Provost Kevin Kregel has named Todd Pettys interim dean of the University of Iowa College of Law, effective Jan. 1, 2025.