Board of Regents Newsletter: June 2022 Newsletter

University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital is listed among the nation’s best in seven specialties in the 2022-23 “Best Children’s Hospitals” rankings published online today by U.S. News & World Report. UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital—Iowa’s only nationally ranked children’s hospital—ranked in the following areas: 26 in neonatology 38...
Solar panels and wind turbines, now projected to produce 44% of America’s electricity by 2050, present cybersecurity challenges. They have sensors, controllers, actuators or inverters that are directly or indirectly connected to the internet. They’re distributed far and wide across the country and the countryside. Many have insecure connectivity to...
The University of Northern Iowa has earned a Military Spouse Friendly School designation for its efforts in creating sustainable and meaningful education paths for military spouses. For the past four years, UNI has also earned a gold status Military Friendly School designation for its efforts to welcome and support veteran...
The University of Iowa has awarded eight interdisciplinary projects with $15 million in funding generated by the public-private partnership (P3) with its utility system. The approved projects were selected through a two-stage process. Thirty-three preliminary applications were submitted in response to a campuswide call in September 2021, and eight were...
UNI's Applied Engineering Building (AEB) began extensive modernization starting June 9. Over the course of three years, the nearly $44-million renovation will update and expand the AEB to meet the needs of today’s students and prepare them for success in an Industry 4.0 workforce. Read more from Inside UNI