Iowa Board of Regents

Board of Regents Newsletter: January 2025 Newsletter

The 15th President of the Board of Regents, Owen Newlin served as a Regent from 1993 to 2005 and led the Board as president from 1996 to 2004. Newlin’s terms can be described as a time of transformation and modernization as the Board led Iowa’s public universities into the 21st...
Mariola Espinosa, associate professor of history, was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant, the nation’s most prestigious humanities scholarship. This year, the NEH awarded $22.6 million to 219 humanities projects nationwide. Since its inception in 1965, NEH has funded more than $6.4 billion to more than 70,000...
Iowa State University will again work with the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to build America’s CyberCorps. The NSF recently announced $15 million in grants to four universities, including Iowa State, to support the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program. The scholarships support students studying cybersecurity and committing to work in...
UNI has earned recognition in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs rankings. UNI received top honors for both its online master’s in education programs and for the first time, its online bachelor’s programs. U.S. News evaluated schools based on a variety of factors such as student...
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