Board of Regents Newsletter: April 2021 Newsletter

The search for the University of Iowa's next president will be complete April 30 when the Board of Regents will appoint one of four finalists to the position. In March, the search committee thinned the applicant pool to 12 semifinalists, each of whom interviewed with the committee earlier this month....
University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and alumni received some of the institution’s highest honors on April 20 at the 104th Finkbine Dinner. Vice President for Student Life Sarah Hansen and UI President Bruce Harreld presented the awards, including the Hancher-Finkbine Medallions and Distinguished Student Leader certificates. Read more at...
It’s necessary work for a cell factory, but monitoring cell growth in small flasks is labor intensive and risks contaminating cell cultures. It can be a bit of lab drudgery, too. So, Nigel Reuel and a team of his students found a way to automate that work – including sensor...
A geology educator found information on St. Peter’s sandstone. An Australian researcher discovered an early paper on the physiology of oats. Both a Pennsylvania graduate student and a Colombian graduate student in France tracked down important research on education. Whatever the reason, researchers, educators, podcasters and students around the world...