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Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Medical Education Research Facility. CREDIT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE

University of Iowa seeks $3.6 million in state appropriations to address physician shortage

The University of Iowa is asking lawmakers for $3.6 million in new state appropriations to expand rural physician training, a request discussed during the Iowa Board of Regents meeting Sept. 18. By 2036, the U.S. is projected to face a…

Former Aflac president Fred Crawford named Tippie’s first executive in residence

Fred Crawford, former president and COO of supplemental health insurance provider Aflac, will be the…

Fred Crawford

NSF awards $600,000 to University of Iowa professor for cutting-edge autonomous vehicle safety research

The National Science Foundation has awarded professor Guanpeng Li of the University of Iowa’s Department…

University of Iowa Department of Computer Science professor Guanpeng Li.

MedBerry wins top prize at University of Iowa’s Startup Games

The 2024-25 edition of the Startup Games, hosted by the University of Iowa’s John Pappajohn…

Members of the MedBerry team pose with the $1,000 check they received for first place at the Startup games Oct. 5.

New student apartment complex Replay opens pre-leasing

Pre-leasing is now open for Replay Iowa City, the newest student apartment complex on the…

University of Iowa Technology Institute researcher secures nearly $1 million grant to advance quantum computing

Fatima Toor, the Lowell G. Battershell Chair in Laser Engineering at the University of Iowa,…

Fatima Toor, Lowell G. Battershell Chair in Laser Engineering at the University of Iowa and associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and faculty affiliate of the Iowa Technology Institute.

Shamus Roeder named Iowa JPEC Mentor of the Year

Shamus Roeder had a clear reason for shifting his career from medicine to engineering. “I…

Shamus Roeder, 2024 Iowa JPEC Mentor of the Year.

UI proposes cancer-focused health sciences research facility

The University of Iowa is in the early stages of planning a new cancer research…

Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Medical Education Research Facility. CREDIT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE

UI Tippie researcher awarded $272K to study transportation systems

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded another Tippie College of Business researcher a grant…

Beste Basciftci, assistant professor of business analytics at Tippie College of Business.

Seven entrepreneurs to be honored at Iowa JPEC event

The University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (Iowa JPEC) will recognize seven individuals for…

UI, UI Health Care rank among Iowa’s top employers in Forbes 2024 list

Forbes magazine named the University of Iowa and UI Health Care among the America’s Best…

Cardiothoracic Surgeon Evgeny Arshava and pulmonologists Julia Klesney-Tait and Tahuanty Pena on Monday, July 3, 2023. UIHC University of Iowa

National Science Foundation awards time management grant to Tippie researcher

The National Science Foundation has granted $257,000 to a Tippie College of Business researcher to…

Yiduo Shao

University of Iowa launches new mobile app for students

On Aug. 1, the University of Iowa rolled out a new mobile app designed to…

Icons of mobile apps

UI leads $6M NSF-funded initiative to combat severe weather in the Midwest

The University of Iowa has secured a $6 million, four-year grant from the National Science…

A sensor peeks over the top of some corn stalks

Kirkwood, UI partner on Medical Laboratory Science degree

Kirkwood Community College and the University of Iowa (UI) are partnering to offer a four-year…

UI Medical Laboratory Science program

Hintz Biomedical, HMUIRL take top prize for Iowa JPEC Summer Track pitch

A health care startup that recently took top prize at an Iowa JPEC spring competition…

Lily Hintz, of Hintz Biomedical, gives her pitch at the Startup Incubator Summer Track Launch Day in the Black Box Theatre in the Iowa Memorial Union on July 26, 2024, in Iowa City, Iowa.