The University of Iowa search committee for the new dean of the College of Engineering has selected four final candidates. The candidates will visit campus from Oct. 29 to Nov. 12 to participate in public forums and meet with faculty, staff, and college leadership.

Next fall, the University of Iowa Office of the Provost will transition outreach and engagement programming to the colleges and departments. The decision follows a review of the Office of Outreach and Engagement last spring to gather information about current programming and determine the best way to encourage broader engagement.

University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students have been named to a search committee for a new vice president for student life.

Former Iowa presidents Hunter Rawlings (1988–1995), Mary Sue Coleman (1995–2002), David Skorton (2003–2006), and Sally Mason (2007–2015) joined current president Bruce Harreld to share reflections on their time at the university and thoughts about what’s ahead for higher education.

Sarah Gardial, dean of the University of Iowa’s TIppie College of Business, has been named dean of the Massey College of Business at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.

The Ohio State University today named Melissa Shivers its new vice president for student life, effective Jan. 6, 2020.

With accomplishments ranging from mentoring students to outstanding service to the university on committees and more, the annual event recognizes faculty and staff members from across colleges and departments.

The University of Iowa’s 2019 Homecoming festivities provided faculty, staff, students, and alumni with a lot to cheer about throughout the week, including a 26-20 victory over Purdue at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 19.

The portrait gallery of University of Iowa presidents is finally complete. Portraits of the three most recent UI leaders—Mary Sue Coleman, David Skorton, and Sally Mason—were unveiled Oct. 17. All 20 former presidents are now represented in the gallery on the fifth floor of the Main Library.

Ted Abel, professor and chair of the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and director of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute at the UI, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

Through the nonprofit organization she leads, the 2007 University of Iowa engineering graduate is connecting people in isolated communities across the globe to opportunity and prosperity.

In this message to campus, President Harreld discusses the importance of undergraduate research as it applies to post-college outcomes, reminding students that as the semester’s workload picks up, it's important to understand why you’re doing what you’re doing—and to keep your eyes on the future.