On Oct. 15, Hancher Auditorium took up the challenge to create socially distanced performances, enchantingly illuminating the building and grounds and setting up ingenious performance and viewing spaces.

Though the COVID-19 pandemic has delayed the grant process for distributing funds generated by the University of Iowa’s utility public-private partnership (P3), the group established to manage the fund is ready to return to the process and soon will announce how members of campus can apply.

The University of Iowa search committee for the new dean of the Tippie College of Business has selected three final candidates. The candidates will participate in virtual visits over the next two weeks to participate in public forums and meet with faculty, staff, and leadership at Tippie.

Though 2020 has come with a host of changes and challenges, the University of Iowa campus remains as beautiful as ever in the fall. Check out this gallery by Iowa photographer Justin Torner—including a few shots of the recent unseasonable snowfall.

Corinne Peek-Asa, associate dean for research and professor of occupational and environmental health in the University of Iowa College of Public Health, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

Astronomers at the University of Iowa have determined our galaxy is surrounded by a clumpy halo of hot gases that is continually being supplied with material ejected by birthing or dying stars. The halo also may be where matter unaccounted for since the birth of the universe may reside.

The search for the University of Iowa’s next associate vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion (AVP for DEI) is ending after several candidates either withdrew, or indicated they would likely withdraw, in the wake of President Bruce Harreld’s retirement announcement.

The coronavirus has ushered in a lot of stress. A team of psychologists at the University of Iowa say people can reduce stress by identifying their emotions and taking mindful action to address them. The findings come from a national survey gauging how Americans are faring during the pandemic.

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, has announced that Sandy Daack-Hirsch, associate professor and interim executive associate dean of the College of Nursing, and John Keller, dean of the Graduate College, will serve as co-chairs of the University of Iowa Presidential Search Committee.

In this message to campus, University of Iowa leaders discuss the impact of and university's response to Executive Order 13950, including the UI's temporary two-week pause in DEI training while it reviews the order.

Books by German poet Anja Kampmann and Colombian novelist Pilar Quintana were honored in the translated literature category, and a forthcoming collection of essays by Jerald Walker was selected in nonfiction.

The UI Office of Community Engagement offers training, workshops, and best practices for faculty, staff, and students interested in community-engaged teaching and learning and community-engaged research.