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UI students named to dean’s list for spring 2024 semester
Jun 11, 2024 · More than 7,650 students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean’s list for the 2024 spring semester. Guidelines for inclusion on the list are:
Putting ‘oom-pah’ into the holidays for 50 years
Dec 18, 2024 · On the last day of fall classes 50 years ago, the December weather was so delightful that University of Iowa School of Music professor Bob Yeats and his tuba students decided to stage a spontaneous holiday concert on the Pentacrest lawn.
Beth Goetz named Iowa’s next athletics director
Jan 18, 2024 · Beth Goetz “Beth is a talented and dynamic leader, and the national search we conducted has substantiated that she is the best athletics director for the University of Iowa,” says UI President Barbara Wilson.
International Writing Program participant wins 2024 Nobel Prize in ...
Oct 10, 2024 · The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to South Korean author Han Kang, a 1998 participant in the University of Iowa International Writing Program (IWP).. The Nobel Foundation honored Han “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”
Dates, times of fall 2024 commencement ceremonies announced
Dec 11, 2024 · On Dec. 19—22, more than 1,700 University of Iowa students will receive their degrees during in-person and livestreamed commencement ceremonies, beginning with the College of Education’s undergraduate and Teacher Education Program recognition Dec. 19 and concluding with the College of Engineering, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and University College ceremonies on Dec. 22.
Unearthing mastodon bones in southern Iowa
Aug 16, 2024 · Throughout the 12-day dig, the archaeologists discovered several human-made artifacts, such as stone tools. While dated a few thousand years after the mastodon skull, these finds are promising, indicating human existence in the creek drainage — which had never been recorded until now.
UI again holds top public nursing, writing programs in ‘US News ...
Sep 24, 2024 · The University of Iowa again tied for the No. 1 spot in undergraduate nursing programs among public universities, while continuing to offer the best public writing program in the country, according to the latest rankings published by U.S. News & World Report.
UI opens a new home for its storied wrestling programs
May 23, 2024 · The wrestling room is named in honor of longtime supporters Bob and Kathy Nicholls. In 2021, the university announced that Iowa would become the first Division I Power Five school to compete in women’s wrestling.
Custodial training specialist has recipe for success at Iowa
Dec 18, 2024 · You can’t complain when you have a cookie in your mouth. That’s one of the reasons why Josh Smith bakes and shares cookies with his coworkers at the University of Iowa, and has for many years. Smith, who in August celebrated 25 years working in custodial services, has been baking cookies in his ...