Board of Regents Newsletter: 2021
December 2021 Newsletter
Issued December 31, 2021
- Fall 2021 Commencement
- UNI Business Wins Regional Tax Competition for Third Time in Four Years
- Sustainability, conservation efforts on display at 3MT competition
- New ISU project will design 3D-printed housing for rural Iowa
November 2021 Newsletter
Issued November 30, 2021
- 22 UI student Fulbright awardees to travel abroad in 2021–22
- IESBVI Teens participate in University of Iowa research
- Geography graduate assistantship to help Iowa high school students find their passion
- ISU receives national recognition for supporting innovation, entrepreneurship across Iowa
- From small towns to a big NASA gig
- Iowa State and Alliant Energy collaborate on solar farm
October 2021 Newsletter
Issued October 29, 2021
- Board of Regents co-sponsors final Policy Challenges for Iowa discussion series
- Iowa State dedicates new Student Innovation Center
- Ted Abel to present Iowa's 38th Presidential Lecture on Nov. 7
- After overcoming rare cancer, UNI alum and disease researcher wins prestigious fellowship
- Survey highlights pandemic’s effects on mental and physical health in rural Iowa
September 2021 Newsletter
Issued September 30, 2021
- U.S. News and World Report Rankings
- Iowa State’s Schulte Moore named 2021 MacArthur Fellow
- UI alum Daniel Alarcón receives MacArthur ‘genius grant’
- UNI Center for Violence Prevention to be renamed in recognition of Northeast Iowa couple’s gift
- C.G. “Turk” and Joyce Therkildsen donate new Iowa State University Industrial Engineering Building
August 2021 Newsletter
Issued August 31, 2021
- Students Return to Campus for Fall 2021 Semester
- Get to Know Barbara Wilson, Iowa's New President
- Alumni and friends make long-lasting impact through Forever True, For Iowa State campaign
- Scholarship investment launches ‘tuition equity’ initiative for UNI@DMACC students
July 2021 Newsletter
Issued July 30, 2021
- Regents Approve 2021-22 Tuition and Fee Rates
- Iowa names Duke Slater Field at Kinnick Stadium
- UNI announces Center for Professional Sales Excellence
- Iowa State sets $559.1 million external funding record, including federal COVID aid
- UI research funding sets new record in FY2021
- UNI accreditation reaffirmed by the Higher Learning Commission
- $20 million federal grant launches ISU AI institute for better crops, agricultural production
June 2021 Newsletter
Issued June 30, 2021
- Regents to consider tuition increase at July meeting
- UI Researchers find human infant brains, bodies unexpectedly active during second, major sleep stage
- ISU and partners receive major NSF research grant to drive rural broadband innovation
- UNI's STAR4D grows painter training program for U.S. Department of Defense
- Gallagher Bluedorn receives $2 million gift for renovation and expansion
May 2021 Newsletter
Issued May 31, 2021
- June 1-3 Meeting Preview
- New Regents Begin Terms in May
- UNI Announces New Provost and Executive Vice President
- Mapping Iowa's Soil Topography
- UI Physicists Describe New Type of Aurora
April 2021 Newsletter
Issued April 27, 2021
- University of Iowa Presidential Search Entering Final Stretch
- UI honors recipients of 104th Hancher-Finkbine Medallions and Distinguished Student Leader certifica
- Skroot Laboratory Inc. spins off from Iowa State research, helps labs make medicine
- UNI ScholarWorks surpasses two million downloads
March 2021 Newsletter
Issued March 31, 2021
- University of Iowa Presidential Search Updates
- Two From UI, ISU Named Goldwater Scholars
- Empowering Black Businesses
- Pandemic Emphasizes Need for Digital Literacy Education
February 2021 Newsletter
Issued February 26, 2021
- Partnership will fast-track UNI students to a master's in finance at UI's Tippie College of Business
- UI, ISU named top producers of Fulbright Scholars
- ISD Long Hall Renovation Approved
- UI distributes first round of P3 funding for student success, faculty retention initiatives
- UNI ranked in top 20% of veteran-friendly colleges
January 2021 Newsletter
Issued January 29, 2021
- Iowa State Responds to COVID-19
- UNI Provost Accepts Presidency at Central Washington University
- How Iowa is Helping Turn the Tide in the Pandemic
- Iowans Advise NASA on Which Satellites Should Stay in Orbit
- Mastering Accounting
- Biologists Unravel Full Sequence of DNA Repair Mechanism