Board of Regents Newsletter: February 2026 Newsletter
The Iowa Board of Regents met February 25-26, 2026 at the University of Iowa Levitt Center for University Advancement in Iowa City. Selected items discussed are outlined below. Firsts The week marked the first in-person, on-campus meeting of the year and the first ever under President Robert Cramer and President...
The University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa combined to add $18 billion in income to the state of Iowa’s economy during fiscal year 2023-24, according to an economic impact study from Lightcast, a labor market analytics firm. That figure of $18 billion is equal...
The University of Iowa’s commitment to supporting faculty at every stage of their careers continues to strengthen retention across campus. In FY2025, the university's faculty retention rate remained at 96.3% in FY 2025. “Faculty success is a key focus of our 2022–27 Strategic Plan,” says Kevin Kregel, executive vice president...
A tiny, solid sample of a drug, complete with active and inactive ingredients, spun at 50,000 revolutions per second while tilted at the “magic angle” of nearly 55 degrees relative to a high magnetic field. A special instrument at the National Magnetic Resonance Facility at the University of Wisconsin-Madison produced...
The amount of financial aid distributed to students at the University of Northern Iowa continues to climb, now up to $102.5 million for the 2024-25 academic year, with scholarships and grants making up more than half. The majority of first-year UNI students receive some form of financial aid. Most commonly,...
