After a national search, Brad Rohrer has been named the university’s next chief information officer and associate vice president. Rohrer succeeds Steve Fleagle, who will retire this spring after 40 years of service to UI. Rohrer, vice president for information technology at the University of Miami, will begin on Feb. 23.

Farrukh Bashir has been named associate vice president and director of University of Iowa Facilities Management. Bashir succeeds Lynne Finn, who will retire after a decade of service to the university. Bashir, assistant director of Facilities Management at the University of Minnesota, will begin on Feb. 2.

Tippie business analytics professor Patrick Fan isn’t a physician, but his research and collaboration with health care faculty could improve cancer care. Fan is using AI and data from thousands of patients to create models that predict a cancer patient’s risks and prevent complications during care. Fan’s work could help care teams improve outcomes and enhance patient comfort.

Tippie business analytics professor Patrick Fan isn’t a physician, but his research and collaboration with health care faculty could improve cancer care. Fan is using AI and data from thousands of patients to create models that predict a cancer patient’s risks and prevent complications during care. Fan’s work could help care teams improve outcomes and enhance patient comfort.

UI business analytics professor Jeff Ohlmann is studying the viability of a new concept called crowdshipping, where businesses ask in-store customers to deliver online orders in exchange for a gift card or reward. Find out why Ohlmann says the concept, already being piloted by big box stores, could work for small businesses.

In the 1930s, Sheryl Stoll’s mother wasn’t allowed to compete in the Iowa high school girls state basketball tournament because the school superintendent thought it would be too strenuous for young women. That memory, and meeting Iowa women’s basketball coach Jan Jensen, inspired Stoll to create an endowment called the Iowa High School Girls Basketball Pioneer Fund that supports women’s basketball at Iowa.

The University of Iowa has been awarded $1.5 million to advance materials science research by leveraging various materials’ features for quantum technologies. The award also will position the university’s MATFab facility as a regional innovator.

As the fall semester closes, President Barbara Wilson offers her thanks to faculty, staff, and students who make Iowa a great place to learn and work. "I am grateful for all you have done this semester, and I am excited for what we will accomplish together in the new year."

Hum along as the University of Iowa Dimma Saxophone Quartet serenades you with "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" The quartet features Maria Torres Melgares, soprano saxophone; Sofia Sena Ferreira, alto saxophone; Charlotte Leung-Brown, tenor saxophone; and Yang Zhou, baritone saxophone.

Susan Shen, assistant professor of psychiatry in the Carver College of Medicine, is the first from UI and the first female psychiatrist to receive a coveted Avenir Award grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Shen attributes winning the award to a supportive department and a “bold” grant proposal.

Hawkeye High-Five is a recognition program that allows faculty and staff across the university to give a “high-five” to a colleague for their contributions, teamwork, or extra effort. More than 200 high-fives were awarded in November. Read the recognition given to some of those recipients.

From new hospitals to national championships, satellites launching into space to a record incoming class of students and more, the University of Iowa's accomplishments in 2025 were many. This video takes you back to the special moments.