Thanks to support from Rockwell Collins, FIRST Tech Challenge has seen rapid growth since the UI brought the program to the state in 2009, says Rebecca Whitaker, affiliate partner for the challenge in Iowa that promotes science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs across the state.

Keeping education affordable, ensuring students succeed, fostering entrepreneurship, and strengthening connections with Iowa communities will top the agenda when University of Iowa leaders meet with Iowa General Assembly subcommittees this week.

Hannah Walsh, a UI sophomore political science major from Spirit Lake, Iowa, was recently appointed to the Board of Regents, State of Iowa. Walsh is the lone student member on the nine-member board and is ready to be the voice of the students of the UI, Iowa State University, and University of Northern Iowa.

University of Iowa finance major Adam Schweickert is getting a major leg up from the financial giant Sallie Mae—not only a free ride to cover his bachelor's degree, but his master's degree as well.

Are you ready to groove? The next free concert in the Arts Share/Community Foundation of Johnson County series will provide just the opportunity. “Groovin’ With Iowa Percussion,” led by University of Iowa School of Music faculty member Dan Moore, will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

University of Iowa College of Nursing Professor Joann "Jo" Eland and 18 students provided a helping hand in India over the winter break as part of a class that provides hospice and palliative care overseas.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free concert by the UI Symphony Band and the Iowa Honor Band (composed of the state's top high school musicians) at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union.

The University of Iowa Women's Resource and Action Center has hit a growth spurt this year, with a record number of volunteers and nominations.

Sarah Gardial took over as the dean of the University of Iowa Henry B. Tippie College of Business in July. Since then, she's been meeting with businesses and working with faculty to set a strategic plan for the college.

On Wednesday, Feb. 6, a document was mistakenly distributed to approximately 2,000 University of Iowa students associated with the UI Center for Diversity and Enrichment (CDE) in the Chief Diversity Office that contained their names, number of enrolled credit hours, and grade point averages (GPA).

The annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Research Symposium, hosted by the College of Education’s Diversity Committee and sponsored by the UI Epsilon Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, celebrates College of Education student research focused on diversity and service. Awards were given for the top five projects.

Thanks to the public's voracious appetite for historic cookbooks, the University of Iowa Libraries has recently reached a new milestone for its DIY History crowdsourcing site: 30,000 pages transcribed.