Born with cerebral palsy, no one thought Tanner Salinas would live. Twenty-four years later, Salinas is a college graduate thanks to the UI College of Education's REACH program, and is working for the Chicago Cubs.

The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine celebrated Match Day on Friday, March 15. A total of 136 students in the college participated in the match through the National Residency Matching Program, and 35 percent of those students will receive their training in Iowa.

University of Iowa anthropology professor Katina Lillios and UI archeologists were involved in the largest study to date of ancient DNA from the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Portugal and Spain). The study offers new insights into the populations that lived in this region over the last 8,000 years.

University of Iowa Professor of History and American Studies Stephen Warren donated his extensive archive to the Shawnee Tribe Cultural Center in Miami, Oklahoma. The cultural center is a community space where the Shawnee Tribe can tell their story and share their history with fellow tribal citizens and the public.

Several start-up ideas from University of Iowa students were awarded cash prizes in various categories in the Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (Iowa JPEC) IdeaStorm competitions recently.

Nonmajor students took more than 10,000 semester hours of classes in the Division of Performing Arts during the 2017–18 academic year. There they develop new passions, stay connected to their art, and learn skills that translate to their future careers.

University of Iowa researchers are partnering with school districts in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City to enroll elementary-age children in novel research to better understand how they identify, and recognize, words. The project, led by Bob McMurray, professor in the UI’s Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, begins this spring.

The University of Iowa has 60 programs ranked in this year’s “U.S. News & World Report” graduate and professional school rankings, 11 with top 10 rankings in their categories.

With the demand for more Master of Social Work programs growing but resources for in-person programs around the state unavailable, the University of Iowa School of Social Work stepped in and created an online MSW program.

A university search committee has announced the first candidate for the new associate vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Iowa.

University of Iowa Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Casey Harwood is studying an amphibious vehicle, a Gibbs Quadski, to better understand how the machine will perform in coastal waves—a notoriously difficult zone of operation.

Montserrat (Montse) Fuentes, dean and professor in the College of Humanities & Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, has been named the University of Iowa’s new executive vice president and provost. She will begin on June 28.