Board of Regents Newsletter
November 2024 Newsletter
Issued November 26, 2024
- Regents History: November 18, 1977
- ISU is #1 in Iowa, #14 nationally in latest entrepreneurship rankings
- UNI recognized as a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting
- UI receives gold rating for sustainability efforts
October 2024 Newsletter
Issued October 31, 2024
- Regents History: October 8, 1995
- UI receives grant to develop new treatment for ovarian cancer
- ISU Engineers build zero-trust, real-time cybersecurity tools to protect renewables on the grid
- UNI updates curriculum to better prepare future teachers
September 2024 Newsletter
Issued September 30, 2024
- Enrollment at Iowa's Public Universities
- Regents History: September 18-19, 1985
- UNI to establish Center for Civic Education
- 5 writers with Iowa ties longlisted for National Book Award
- Researchers working to keep electric vehicles charging, even when the lights go out
August 2024 Newsletter
Issued August 30, 2024
- Regents History: August 9, 1952
- UNI nursing program receives $275,000 grant
- Iowa lands $1.5 million award to build advanced space equipment
- Quad Cities Manufacturing Institute launched to serve defense, manufacturing sectors
July 2024 Newsletter
Issued July 31, 2024
- July 31, 2024 Meeting Recap
- Regents History: July 13-14, 1972
- External Funding Up at UI, ISU
- UI spearheads $6M multistate NSF grant to help Midwest better manage extreme weather
- Engineers use data to manage grid transformers, boosting reliability to homes, farms
- Wilson College of Business ranks on The Princeton Review’s Best Business Schools for 2024
June 2024 Newsletter
Issued June 28, 2024
- The Presidents: Stanley Redeker
- Regents History: June 12-14, 1968
- ISU graduate named Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholar
- Innovative program at UNI leads to dozens of new elementary educators
- UI approves P3 funding to support new projects in FY 2025
May 2024 Newsletter
Issued May 31, 2024
- Regents History: May 21-22, 1997
- New graduates celebrated at spring 2024 commencement
- UI opens a new home for its storied wrestling programs
- ISU researcher presents at White House AI event; team wins grant for AI ag tool
- UNI earns Military Friendly designation for five years in a row
April 2024 Newsletter
Issued April 30, 2024
- April 24-25 Meeting Recap
- Chang proud to be part of Iowa’s writing legacy
- New cybersecurity center to protect grids integrated with renewables, microgrids
- Global accounting firm finds its future professionals at UNI
March 2024 Newsletter
Issued March 29, 2024
- Innovation at Work: Designing vibrant communities
- NASA touches down in Iowa to talk TRACERS
- UNI’s Jesse Wilcox named to National Science Teachers Association board of directors
- Student-engineers solve industry problems and deliver value
- UNI’s Rialto Dining Center hosts annual takeover with local food entrepreneurs
- Dancing into the Sweet 16
February 2024 Newsletter
Issued February 29, 2024
- February 28, 2024 Meeting Recap
- US Department of Energy selects ISU-led project to build rural Iowa’s first ‘microgrid’
- UNI's Hybrid Accounting Program Receives Innovation Award
- UI Helping More Students Succeed, Graduate, and Launch Careers
January 2024 Newsletter
Issued January 31, 2024
- Richards Steps Down as Board President, To Resign Seat in April
- Beth Goetz named Iowa’s next athletics director
- Iowa State materials researcher elected to European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- UNI reaches Our Tomorrow goal early, raises goal to $300M
December 2023 Newsletter
Issued December 29, 2023
- Fall Commencement at Iowa's public universities
- 2023 Year In Review
- Back at Iowa, improving lives, feeling the love
- ISU researchers discover crucial step in creating blood stem cells
- UNI’s Thiel receives prestigious honor for service to the steel foundry industry
November 2023 Newsletter
Issued November 30, 2023
- First Gen Hawks program seeing strong student success in and out of the classroom
- UNI recognized as Best for Vets college
- Iowa State recognized for spurring innovation, talent and economic wellbeing
- UNI names former Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby as Interim Athletic Director
- ISU students make Cyclone gameday experience accessible to fans everywhere with virtual reality
- UI begins national search for athletics director
October 2023 Newsletter
Issued October 31, 2023
- Here to support students who served
- Iowa State, Alliant Energy dedicate solar farm south of Ames
- UNI DOE grant helps address shortage of English as a Second Language teachers
September 2023 Newsletter
Issued September 29, 2023
- September 27-28 Meeting Recap
- Centennial commemoration of Jack Trice closes with ceremony, posthumous degree
- UNI’s nursing program receives Higher Learning Commission accreditation
- UI seeks state funding to improve health care access in rural Iowa
August 2023 Newsletter
Issued August 31, 2023
- Students Return to Iowa's Public Universities
- Ukrainian hog farmers benefit from ISU expertise
- Celebrating Year 1 with the UI Stanley Museum of Art
- UNI alum wins first place at entrepreneurial venture competition
July 2023 Newsletter
Issued July 31, 2023
- Iowa, Iowa State Set External, Research Funding Records
- ISU Named Entrepreneurial University of the Year
- UNI’s Master of Public Policy program earns NASPAA accreditation
- UI expert: Set boundaries, lead by example when considering your child's social media use
June 2023 Newsletter
Issued June 30, 2023
- 2023-24 Tuition and Fee Rates
- UNI Adds First-Ever Engineering Degree to Support Iowa’s Workforce Needs
- Electric Power Research Center: Sixty Years
- UI Approves P3 Funding to Support 4 New Projects in FY24
May 2023 Newsletter
Issued May 31, 2023
- Spring Commencement at Iowa's Public Universities
- Denise Jamieson named VP for medical affairs, Carver College of Medicine dean at UI
- NSF awards Iowa researchers $20 million to build advanced biomanufacturing capacity
- UNI recognized for sustainable, green purchasing
- Bells are ringing again in the Campanile!
April 2023 Newsletter
Issued April 28, 2023
- April 19-20 Meeting Recap
- Hometown Heroes - Trevor Penning
- Innovation at Work - Smarter Farming with Better Data
- UI Makes Space for Adult Inpatient Tower
March 2023 Newsletter
Issued March 31, 2023
- The Presidents - Marvin S. Berenstein
- $89.2 million in financial aid helps UNI students toward their degrees
- Sustainable solutions for safer food, cleaner water
- 4 faculty members recognized with UI’s highest teaching honor
February 2023 Newsletter
Issued February 28, 2023
- Iowa's Regent Universities Continue to Provide Outstanding Economic Impact
- UNI Nursing Program Finds a New Home
- UI Named Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Students for Seventh Year
- ISU Researchers to Study Growing Crops in Solar Farm’s Footprint
- ISD Student Sign the Pledge at Iowa State Capitol
January 2023 Newsletter
Issued January 31, 2023
- Iowa's Public Universities rank 3rd nationally in return on investment
- 2022 AAAS Fellows
- Iowa Memorial Union to undergo major renovation to better serve students
- Discovery of metabolic switch could lead to targeted treatment of obesity, cancer
- UNI ranks in top 15% for online master’s in education programs
December 2022 Newsletter
Issued December 30, 2022
- Fall Commencement at Iowa's Public Universities From December 2022 Newsletter
- Former UI president Willard “Sandy” Boyd dies at age 95
- Former UNI football player, wife donate $1 million to UNI-Dome renovation
- ISU 2022 Year in Review
November 2022 Newsletter
Issued November 30, 2022
- UNI expands online degree completion programs to include Technology Management BA
- ISU one of three universities to receive national award
- UI Researchers create new model to detect COVID’s effects using chest X-rays
- ‘Go-to’ ISD employee recognized with Regents Staff Excellence Award
October 2022 Newsletter
Issued October 31, 2022
- UNI launches $250 Million Our Tomorrow fundraising campaign
- ISU honors Jack Trice with year-long centennial commemoration
- UI's Petersen elected to the National Academy of Medicine
- 2+2 online elementary education students admitted to UNI Teacher Education
- UI researchers confirm stress link in the brain
- Researcher designs better maternity garments, launches company with ISU assistance
September 2022 Newsletter
Issued September 30, 2022
- Fall enrollment at Iowa's Public Universities
- Iowa surpasses Harvard, Princeton as No. 2 for writing
- $80 million grant aims to make regenerative farming practice a moneymaker for farmers
- UNI ranked top college for student voting
August 2022 Newsletter
Issued August 31, 2022
- Welcome Back
- Finding solutions to the Mississippi River basin’s biggest challenges
- Alysa Mozak to serve as UNI’s new director of the Patricia A. Tomson Center for Violence Prevention
- 'Mural' returns home to UI Stanley Museum of Art after world tour
July 2022 Newsletter
Issued July 29, 2022
- July 27 Meeting Recap
- Iowa, Iowa State set research funding records
- UNI launches statewide initiative to remove barriers to high-demand careers in Iowa
- “Powerfully strong” accreditation score achieved by IEDB
- Des Moines Area Community College, Iowa State launch new program for transfer students
June 2022 Newsletter
Issued June 30, 2022
- UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital ranks in U.S. News & World Report 2022-23 Best Children’s Hospit
- ISU Engineers develop cybersecurity tools to protect solar, wind power on the grid
- UNI designated a Military Spouse Friendly School
- Eight projects approved for FY2023 UI P3 funding
- UNI AEB expansion and modernization will help build in-demand job skills
May 2022 Newsletter
Issued May 31, 2022
- May 31 - June 2 Meeting Preview
- Spring 2022 Commencement
- Iowa LEAD-K Legislation Passes
- Recovering from Blackouts with Wind Turbines
- Public health majors in partnership with CEEE win big with Farm to School program
April 2022 Newsletter
Issued April 29, 2022
- Free Speech Training
- ISU Innovation at Work
- University of Iowa key partner in $360M national water consortium
- UNI, national partners launch major Industry 4.0 technology initiative
- “Powerfully strong” accreditation score achieved at ISD, IESBVI
March 2022 Newsletter
Issued March 31, 2022
- John Cool to be Named Interim Superintendent at ISD/IESBVI
- ‘US News & World Report’ releases latest graduate, professional program rankings
- Iowa named national leader in female leadership, representation
- Iowa State student named Goldwater Scholar
- UNI designated a Top Ten veteran-friendly college in national review
February 2022 Newsletter
Issued February 28, 2022
- Statement from Board of Regents President Mike Richards on the Passing of Regent Milt Dakovich
- Free Speech Training Available
- Richard O. Jacobson Foundation Gives $70 Million to Expand Health Care for Iowans
- New ISU research project will help aging population in rural Iowa
- UNI to host inaugural competition of ideas to increase sustainability and reduce waste
January 2022 Newsletter
Issued January 31, 2022
- Regents faculty receive honors and awards
- UI to embark on 10-year facilities master plan
- Finding a link between emissions taxes and R&D investments
- UNI ranks in top 20% for online master’s in education programs
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
December 2020 Newsletter
Issued January 4, 2021
- Fall 2020 Commencement at Iowa's Public Universities
- University of Iowa Presidential Search Update
- ISU 2020 Year in Review
- Gable receives Presidential Medal of Freedom in White House ceremony
- UNI Foundation announces record-breaking fundraising year
November 2020 Newsletter
Issued November 30, 2020
- Iowa's Public Universities Supporting Veterans
- University of Iowa Presidential Search Update From November 2020 Newsletter
- Six Iowa State researchers named AAAS Fellows for advancing science
- Fulfilling a Promise
October 2020 Newsletter
Issued November 2, 2020
- University of Iowa Presidential Search Information
- Iowa awards $2 million CARES Act grant to universities to study COVID-19 nanovaccine
- UNI to offer new scholarship to underrepresented graduate students
- Hancher, illuminated
September 2020 Newsletter
Issued October 1, 2020
- U.S. News and World Report Ranks Iowa's Public Universities
- University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld to Retire
- Iowa State students, Catt Center leading efforts to urge voter registration, voting plan
- UNI's Gallagher Bluedorn receives $1 million gift
August 2020 Newsletter
Issued August 31, 2020
- Fall 2020 Semester Begins
- UNI graduate making impact one cup of coffee at a time
- Campus health experts stress science, accuracy in COVID-19 testing methods
- Students help after Cedar Rapids devastated by storm
- Gustavus Hinrichs: A derecho of a man
- Plant scientists study the interaction of heat stress responses in corn
- Engineers use heat-free technology to make metallic replicas of a rose's surface texture
July 2020 Newsletter
Issued August 5, 2020
- FY 2021 Budget Primer
- UI Hospitals & Clinics ranked among nation's best
- Engineers developing no-touch, mail-in, fast-scan test for COVID-19, other outbreaks
- Gallagher Bluedorn awarded $10,000 to bring the arts to area youth
June 2020 Newsletter
Issued June 30, 2020
- UNI mural project highlights Cedar Valley's diversity
- ISU researchers print, tune graphene sensors to monitor food freshness, safety
- UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital earns rankings in five specialties
- Iowa Credit Union Foundation, UNI to bring financial literacy to high schools
- ISU researchers building cyber-physical system to monitor crops, boost yields
- NASA-Iowa TRACERS project moves into next phase
May 2020 Newsletter
Issued June 1, 2020
- 2020 graduates celebrate commencement online
- ISU Researchers: Replacing time spent sitting with sleep or light activity may improve your mood
- UI Developing at-home method for collecting COVID-19 testing samples
- UNI public health professors help fight COVID-19
April 2020 Newsletter
Issued April 29, 2020
- Lakeside Lab Bringing Nature Home
- Unique UI collaborations helping extend use, decontaminate PPE
- ISU Dining delivers
- UNI instructor's campaign supports local businesses during COVID-19
- DeGowin Blood Center holding weekly blood drives at Carver-Hawkeye Arena
- ISU national center for forensic science wins federal renewal for another five years, $20 million
February 2020 Newsletter
Issued February 28, 2020
- The Presidents - Marvin Pomerantz
- From Corn Farmer to YouTube Star
- Heat trapped in urban areas tricks trees into thinking spring has arrived earlier
- American Talent Initiative members expanding access and opportunity for students
Board of Regents January 2020 Newsletter
Issued January 31, 2020
- UNI prairie project aims to improve water quality
- Athletics projects to transform ISU, UI campuses
- New UI College of Pharmacy Building opens
- Major NSF-sponsored grant will help ISU researchers discover ways to improve urban sustainability
- Residence Systems Overview
Board of Regents December 2019 Newsletter
Issued January 2, 2020
- Wrapping up 2019
- University of Northern Iowa named a Best Business School by The Princeton Review
- ISU Engineers Developing Machine-learning Tools to Design Better Solar Cells
- Board Approves Utilities System P3 at SUI
Board of Regents November 2019 Newsletter
Issued November 26, 2019
- Iowa's Regent Universities Providing Strong Economic Impact
- Board Approves Addition of Computer Science to Regent Admission Index
- Critical Care in the Air
- ISU Researchers: More Americans Struggle to Fall Asleep, Stay Asleep
- Cedar Falls Couple Give $10 Million to UNI
October 2019 Newsletter
Issued October 31, 2019
- UI Trained Pharmacists on the Front Lines
- New Research Grants at Iowa State
- A Sibling Journey: Three-Fourths of Quadruplets Find Success at UNIBusiness
- ISU's Doug Jacobson: Protecting Data, Recruiting Students to Cybersecurity
- Regents History: October 19-20, 1983
September 2019 Newsletter
Issued September 30, 2019
- Iowa's Public Universities Ranked Among Nation's Best by US News and World Report
- UI, ISU, UNI Join Degrees When Due
- Fall 2019 Enrollment at Iowa's Public Universities
- Getting the Lead Out
- Engineers Study Icing/De-Icing of Wind Turbine Blades to Improve Winter Power Production
- UNI Program Equips Students with Skills to Tackle Literacy Issues
August 2019 Newsletter
Issued August 30, 2019
- Welcome Back Students
- Midwest Schools Join Forces to Promote Faculty Success for Women in STEM Fields
- Three Iowa Faculty Awarded Fulbright Grants for 2019–20
- Physicists Use Light Flashes to Discover, Control New Quantum States of Matter
- UNI Gallery of Art Featuring "The Many Voices of Art"
July 2019 Newsletter
Issued July 31, 2019
- Regents History: July 16-17, 2003
- Iowa Students Helped Towns Prepare for the RAGBRAI Spotlight
- Landmark UNI Study Examines Pesticide Use in Iowa Communities
- Connecting Silos: ISU Scientists Call for Unconventional Collaboration in Agriculture
June 2019 Newsletter
Issued June 28, 2019
- The Student Regent
- UI Wins Its Largest-Ever Research Award
- Making the Dream Happen
- Iowa State Researchers Studying Slow-Release Fertilizer to Feed Crops, Improve Water Quality
May 2019 Newsletter
Issued May 31, 2019
- The "Guardrails" Tuition Model
- UI Colleges Adapting to New Educational Demands
- New Economic Development Funding to Power Industrial Innovation at UNI
- A New Vision for Genomics in Animal Agriculture
- The Book on Boyd
- Power Pullers set to Compete With Newly Built Tractor
- Looking Forward For the First Time
April 2019 Newsletter
Issued April 30, 2019
- Tuition Guardrails
- UNI Junior Wins Prestigious Scholarship
- ISD Math Whizzes Compete in New York
- UI to Host Ceremonial Groundbreaking for Stanley Museum of Art
- ISU Names Alumnus as Next Dean of Engineering
March 2019 Newsletter
Issued March 28, 2019
- Regents History: March 14-15, 1957
- ISD Students Sign the Pledge at the Iowa State Capitol
- UI Research Advances Understanding of How Children Learn Words
- NASA’s TESS Mission Leads to Discovery of Saturn-Sized Planet
- UNI to Host Annual Day of Giving, #LivePurpleGiveGold
February 2019 Newsletter
Issued February 26, 2019
- Meeting Preview: Filling the Aid Gap
- CYstarters Businesses Make Progress with Patents, Prototypes
- Meeting Preview: Educating Iowa's Workforce
- Making it’ as a First-Generation College Student
- Meeting Preview: Distance Education Booming
- UI to Maintain Labor Center
January 2019 Newsletter
Issued January 31, 2019
- Regents History: January 9-10, 1969
- ISU, Iowa DOT, Improving Highway Safety with Big Data
- A Promise Kept, A BA Earned
- UNI-CUE Honored with Heritage Legacy Award for Outstanding Organization
- Patented Technology Cloaks Location on Mobile Devices to Protect Privacy
December 2018 Newsletter
Issued December 31, 2018
- Postsecondary Readiness Reports - 2018 Update
- ISU, University Innovation Alliance, Work Together to Raise Graduation Rates for Low-Income Students
- UI Joins National Effort to Increase College Access, Equity, and Degree Attainment
- Tackling Reading Proficiency One Book at a Time
- ISU Year in Review: 2018
November 2018 Newsletter
Issued November 30, 2018
- Regents History: November 14-15, 1974
- Special Schools Superintendent Gettel Earns National Honor
- UI Senior Austin Hughes Named Rhodes scholar
- Building Community Through Food at UNI
- Iowa legislators Tour the UI’s Promising Research and Rare Treasures
- Seven from ISU Named AAAS Fellows
- Yield Tests Prepare for 100th year of Helping Farmers Decide What Seeds to Plant
- UI Research Improves School Lunches for Iowa K–12 Students
- Former UNI Student Finds Success From ‘Second Place’
October 2018 Newsletter
Issued October 30, 2018
- Regents History: The University of Western Iowa
- UI Alumni–Produced Documentary Starting its Academy Award Campaign
- UNI Metal Casting Center Offers a 'Truly Unique' Experience
- Researchers Studying Marshalltown Tornado’s Impact on Renter, Immigrant Households
September 2018 Newsletter
Issued September 26, 2018
- Regents History: September 12-13, 1963
- Debut Novel From Iowa Writers’ Workshop Graduate Finds Success On Big Screen
- Wintersteen Installed as 16th ISU President
- Iowa State Physicists Contribute to Hard-to-Find Observation of Higgs Boson Decay
- U.S. News & World Report Ranks UNI No. 2 Among Top Midwest Public Universities
- Three ISU Design Programs Ranked Among Nation's Best
- Endangered Bumblebee Sighting Has Campus Buzzing
- University of Iowa Ranked Among Top 40 Public Universities in America
August 2018 Newsletter
Issued August 31, 2018
- Lifelong Service to Education: Jim Lindenmayer
- Regents History: August 3-4, 2004
- UNI Athletics initiative, Elevating Educators, to Honor and Elevate Professional Educators
- ISU Scientist Helps to Develop Rice Plants to Neutralize HIV Transmission
- UI launches ICON Direct to Save Students Money on Textbooks
July 2018 Newsletter
Issued July 30, 2018
- Regents History: July 18, 1990
- Iowa State Will Lead New, National Institute to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance
- An Outstanding Year for Iowa Liturature
- UNI’s Stewardship of TEACH Grant Helps Address Critical Teacher Shortages in Iowa
- Joint Iowa, Iowa State Research Teams Win Seed Grants to Launch Bioscience Projects
June 2018 Newsletter
Issued June 29, 2018
- Dr. Jim Lindenmayer Appointed to Iowa Board of Regents
- UI Alumna wins Man Booker International Prize
- Medical Researchers, Engineers Look to Nanovaccines to Fight Pancreatic Cancer
- To the Moon and Back
May 2018 Newsletter
Issued May 31, 2018
- Celebrating Graduates
- The Presidents: S.J. Brownlee
- ISD Student Highlight: Austin Stage
- Mapping Stress Responses in Corn With Big Data at ISU
- Hunting for Missing Matter
- Art through a Different Lens
April 2018 Newsletter
Issued April 27, 2018
- Regents History: April 10-11, 1950
- Solving the Classroom Equation
- UI Alum Kyle Ketelsen finds Success on Opera Stages Around the World
- Iowa State Creating Dictionary Featuring Hundreds of Influential Cyclones
- Diagnosing Soybean Stresses with a Smartphone
- 101st Finkbine Dinner Honors Students, Faculty, Staff, and Alumni
March 2018 Newsletter
Issued March 29, 2018
- UI’s MADE Program Brings Cost-effective, Patient-focused Faculty Innovations to Life
- The Presidents: D.D. Murphy
- Regents History: March 11-12, 1987
- Research in the Capitol Brings Attention to Undergraduate Research
- Rod Library to Host Fifth Annual Mini Comic Book Convention
February 2018 Newsletter
Issued February 28, 2018
- Regents History: February 25-26, 1960
- The Presidents: J.H. Trewin
- Iowa, Iowa State are Top Producers of Fulbright Students, Scholars
- Regents Institutions Among 'Safest Colleges in America'
- UNI Acquires University Book & Supply
January 2018 Newsletter
Issued January 29, 2018
- Regents History: January 20, 1988
- Developing Flexible, Washable Electronics at Iowa State
- On the Front Lines of Diabetes Research at U of I
- UNI Construction Management Program Nationally Recognized
December 2017 Newsletter
Issued December 28, 2017
- Regents History: December 13-14, 2000
- Putting 2017 In Focus
- 2017 ISU Year In Review
- Celebrating UNI Graduates
November 2017 Newsletter
Issued November 30, 2017
- The Presidents: Henry Shull
- UNI Partners with RaiseMe to Help Local Students Earn Scholarship Money
- Regents History: November 17, 1993
- University of Iowa to Lead National Precision Medicine Campaign
- Iowa State Researchers Leading Initiatives to Improve Rural Health
October 2017 Newsletter
Issued October 26, 2017
- Wintersteen Named #NextISUPres
- The Presidents: Harry H. Hagemann
- Campus Safety and Security Summit is Nov. 1
- Regents History: October 19-20, 1972
- UNI's Center for Violence Prevention receives funding from Verizon Wireless' Hopeline Program
- Mindfulness Makes Major Difference
September 2017 Newsletter
Issued September 28, 2017
- The Presidents: Alfred Noehren
- Regents History: September 1948
- Rankings Roundup
- Iowa State announces $145 million endowment to support College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- UNI's 2017 Education Summit to Explore Opportunities, Challenges of 21st Century Education
- Cassini Reveals Saturn's Secrets
August 2017
Issued August 22, 2017
- Regents History: August 21-22, 1980
- Q&A With Regent Larry McKibben
- Viruses and Aphids That Help Crops? ISU Scientists Think it May Be Possible
- Eclipse Energizes UI Campus
- UNI Honored with Second AASCU Excellence and Innovation Award
July 2017 Newsletter
Issued July 25, 2017
- The Presidents: George T. Baker
- Tuition Task Force To Meet in August
- Regents History: July 13-15, 1966
- Elizabeth Catlett Residence Hall Dedication is July 28
- Iowa State a Partner in $104 Million DOE Research Center
June 2017 Newsletter
Issued June 22, 2017
- Q&A With Regent Rachael Johnson
- The Presidents: Dwight G. Rider
- Regents History: June 23-24, 1955
- UI Museum of Art reaches Iowans by operating outside the box
- Curbing Food Waste at Iowa State
- GBPAC Reaches 500,000 Students with Kaleidoscope Series for Youth
May 2017 Newsletter
Issued May 22, 2017
- Iowa State University Presidential Search Committee To Hold First Meeting June 5
- Commencement Ceremonies Across the State
- Board of Regents New Committee Assignments
- UI Professor Tackles Barriers to Higher Education for Low-Income and First-Generation Students
- ISU Design Students' Projects are Top Two in National Hospitality Design Magazine Competition
April 2017 Newsletter
Issued April 27, 2017
- Electing Board Leadership
- Regent Johnson Awarded Prestigious Truman Scholarship
- ISU Presidential Search Committee and Timeline Released
- Integrated Reality Opening New Opportunities for Students and Users
- UI Bioengineering Students Help Congenital Amputee Ride His Bike
- Rural Schoolhouse Speakers Series Begins May 13 at UNI
March 2017 Newsletter
Issued March 24, 2017
- Iowa State University Presidential Search - March 2017
- Veterans Articulation Conference Held March 10
- U.S. News and World Report Rankings From March 2017 Newsletter
- ISD Students Sign the Pledge at Iowa State Capitol
- Former UI President David Skorton returns to campus for March 30 talk
February Newsletter
Issued February 27, 2017
- Iowa Tops Nation in Graduation Rate
- Regents Awards for Faculty And Staff
- Upcoming Meetings
- UNI Day at the Capitol Photo Gallery
- Register for ISD Deaf Cultural Celebration, April 21-23
- University of Iowa to be Coal-Free by 2025
January Newsletter
Issued January 19, 2017
- Regents Host Annual Legislative Breakfast
- Postsecondary Readiness Reports Now Available
- Iowa State Celebrates Grand Opening of its Newest Student Residence, Geoffroy Hall
- Searching For The "Bottom" Quark
- Inside UNI's New Schindler Education Center
December Newsletter
Issued December 20, 2016
- Season's Greetings from the Board of Regents
- Mark Nook Named 11th President of UNI
- ISD 8th Grader Wins National Contest
- ISU Faculty Members Receive Inductions Into National Academy of Inventors
- First Computer Science and Engineering Degree Awarded at U of I
November Newsletter
Issued November 16, 2016
- Regents Awards for Faculty and Staff Excellence Presented at UNI
- Board of Regents Announces Schedule for UNI Presidential Finalists
- 2016 Campus Safety and Security Summit a Success
- University of Iowa Dedicates Stead Family Children's Hospital
October Newsletter
Issued October 17, 2016
- Campus Safety and Security Summit is October 26
- University of Iowa Dedicates Visual Arts Building
- UNI Presidential Search Update
- Board of Regents Meeting Preview
September Newsletter
Issued September 15, 2016
- UNI Presidential Search Update From September Newsletter
- Hancher Auditorium Celebrates Opening
- Official Enrollment Numbers
- Two-Year Budgeting and FY2018 Legislative Requests
- U.S. News and World Report Ranks Iowa's Public Universities From September Newsletter
August Newsletter
Issued August 31, 2016
- Board of Regents Launches New Website
- ISU Information Assurance Center Aids State of Iowa Cybersecurity Efforts
- UNI Presidential Search Draft Timeline
- September 7-8 Meeting Preview
July Newsletter
Issued July 18, 2016
- Board of Regents Sets Tuition Rates for FY2017
- Board of Regents Approves 2016-21 Strategic Plan
- ISD and IESBVI 2015-16 Year-in-Review
- University of Iowa 2015-16 Year-in-Review
- Iowa State University 2015-16 Year-in-Review
- University of Northern Iowa 2015-16 Year-in-Review
June Newsletter
Issued June 15, 2016
- Board of Regents Honors Ruud, Madden, Goodrich
- $6.5 Million in Savings
- Looking Ahead
- The ISU Research Park cut the ribbon on the Economic Development Core Facility
May Newsletter
Issued May 16, 2016
- Richards Appointed to Board of Regents
- Personal Commencement a Viral Hit
- Regents Present Awards for Excellence to ISD Faculty and Staff
- Bond Refundings Save Regents $47 Million Since 2011
- 2016 Commencement Sights and Sounds
April Newsletter
Issued April 15, 2016
- UNI Center for Violence Prevention Recognizes Participating High School Districts
- Annual Research in the Capitol Event Showcases Undergraduate Research
- Hawkeye Caucus Photo Gallery
