The Larned A. Waterman Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center is expanding the services it offers to Iowa nonprofit organizations and opening a second office in Des Moines, adding to the university services offered at the Iowa Center for Higher Education.

Fewer and fewer graduates of rural high schools are going to college. Charles Fluharty, director of UI's Rural Policy Research Institute, and Tippie College of Business student Dustin Gordon, from Sharpburg, Iowa (population: 89), look at possible reasons why.

Jeff Schott, director of the UI's Institute of Public Affairs, says increased Latino immigration has revived many Iowa towns, but the change can prove difficult.

The aim of the Be Better @ Iowa initiative is to make the University of Iowa a destination for tomorrow’s leaders. All incoming students take an online assessment to determine their top strengths. Programming throughout the year then shows students how to use that information to their advantage.

A curriculum developed at the University of Iowa that teaches STEM concepts to high school students will be used during the Day of Design, a national STEM education program, held on Oct. 6.

A new report from the University of Iowa includes several policy and program recommendations to address the state’s opioid crisis after UI representatives led a process involving dozens of stakeholders from across the state.

John Keller, dean of the Graduate College and associate provost, has been appointed interim vice president for research and economic development. Retaining his current responsibilities, Keller will take on this additional role Oct. 1.

University of Iowa Interim Provost Sue Curry has named Dan Clay, dean of the College of Education, and Ann Estin, law professor and Aliber Family Chair in Law, to serve as co-chairs of the search committee to replace Gail Agrawal, dean of the College of Law.

Starting in the fall of 2018, the University of Iowa will no longer require first-year students living in its residence halls to join a Living Learning Community (LLC). Rather, the UI will offer a new residential program that includes opt-in LLCs and supports new students as they transition to college.

Katharine M. Broton, assistant professor in the University of Iowa College of Education, will share a grant from the Kresge Foundation to study solutions to student homelessness and hunger.

Last spring, undergraduates elected Jacob Simpson and Lilián Sánchez as UISG president and vice president, respectively. Iowa Now caught up with them to learn more about their plans for the coming academic year.

Black-and-gold pride runs deep in the McCarty family. Ankeny, Iowa, native and owner of QA Graphics Dan McCarty was the sixth family member to attend the University of Iowa and says the tenth graduated from the UI earlier this year.