Whether you were out of town, on vacation, or unplugged for the summer, here are 10 things you may have missed.

What Napoleon Could Not Do, a literary novel written by Derek (DK) Nnuro, curator of special projects at the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, recently received a unique honor when President Barak Obama named it to his 2023 summer reading list.

Craig Kletzing, the easygoing, humble professor who for nearly three decades at Iowa combined a zeal for teaching with a decorated research career in space plasma experimental physics, has died. He was 65.

The University of Iowa secured $704.1 million in external funding for fiscal year 2023, including $561.3 million in funds to support leading-edge research, public service, and creative discovery. Federal research funding to the UI increased 16.5% over last year.

The University of Iowa will use the next round of P3 funding to enhance student success, retain critical employees, and share faculty research and scholarship with the public.