The University of Iowa is uniquely known for being a place where art meets science, where students are encouraged to explore and innovate across these disciplines. Paras Bassuk, UI’s newest Rhodes Scholar, personifies exactly what that means—and more.

Israel Wipf, a graduate student in the Department of Biology, won the 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, in which graduate students share their research in three minutes or fewer to a general audience. Wipf is using fruit flies as a living organism to explore the connection between obesity and cancer.

The University of Iowa continues to push forward with several projects that are part of its 10-year facilities master plan, a key component of which is a new patient care tower on UI Health Care’s university campus.

David C. Schwebel, associate vice president for research facilities and infrastructure and university professor of psychology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been named the University of Iowa’s next vice president for research. He will begin July 1.

An international regatta on the Grand Canal. A stunning sunset viewed from the Taj Mahal. A professor reciting the Iliad during a visit to an ancient theater in Greece. These are among the winning images selected for the 2024 International Programs annual photo contest, part of International Education Week (IEW). This event aims to inspire greater awareness of the many ways the University of Iowa community can experience international education.

Executive Vice President and Provost Kevin Kregel has named Todd Pettys interim dean of the University of Iowa College of Law, effective Jan. 1, 2025.

The University of Iowa’s new Veteran and Military Council will offer support to faculty and staff who are Veterans and military members, as well as provide mentoring to students.

The University of Iowa is seeking permission from the Iowa Board of Regents to proceed with remodeling the old Art Building, once a vibrant part of the university’s arts campus that has been vacant since the 2008 flood, to become the future home of the Graduate College.

The former Art Building along the Iowa River has a storied 90-year history, from hosting famous faculty and students to its closure during the 2008 flood.

The University of Iowa is seeking permission from the Iowa Board of Regents to purchase the remainder of Old Capitol Town Center in downtown Iowa City. The university currently owns about 55% of the mall, and the proposal before the board is to purchase the remaining 45%.

Six members of the University of Iowa community who served their country in the United States Army and United States Navy are being honored with the 2024 Hawkeye Distinguished Veterans Award.