Board of Regents Newsletter: January 2026 Newsletter
The 11th President of the Board of Regents, John C. McDonald served the Board of Regents from 1981-87. He was elected Board president May 1, 1985, succeeding S.J. Brownlee, and served in that capacity until his term ended in 1987. McDonald was born in Lorimar in 1924. He attended Simpson...
Steve W. Martin, who has studied better materials for better batteries for four decades at Iowa State University, lists the cheap raw materials campus researchers are considering for one of their latest battery projects: Sodium. (“Sodium is 1,000 times cheaper than lithium,” he said. “And it’s everywhere.”) Waste glass. (Des...
UNI has been awarded a five-year, $2.4 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to establish the UNI Humanities Hub, a transformative initiative designed to expand paid internship opportunities and strengthen the role of the humanities on campus and in the community. The Humanities Hub will centralize and scale ongoing efforts...
University of Iowa Health Care gastroenterologists Abdullah Abbasi, MD, Munish Ashat, MD, and Rintaro Hashimoto, MD, have performed the nation’s first procedure using ARCHIMEDES, a biodegradable pancreatic stent designed to provide a less invasive and more convenient treatment option for patients with pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, and related conditions. This innovative...
