Board of Regents Newsletter: May 2019 Newsletter
The Board of Regents will consider approval of tuition and mandatory fees for the 2019-20 academic year at its June meeting. Representing the first official step in a five-year “guardrails” tuition model, the June vote will commence a plan for predictable, transparent tuition at Iowa’s public universities that was years...
Ivan Medin uses his skills as a digital designer to teach dental students how to use the technology so they can meet the needs of their future patients. Medin’s position is one example of the UI’s curriculum evolving to meet the demands of students and employers by adding new programs...
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law this May a bill that will provide $400,000 in economic development funding to the University of Northern Iowa, increasing the college’s capacity to work with manufacturing technologies that will both benefit crucial industries in the state and provide additional training and opportunity for students...
Iowa State University researchers are part of a team that designed a new vision for animal genomics research into the next decade. The blueprint they created could help scientists and farmers meet the needs of a growing global population while improving livestock welfare and production. Read more from Iowa State...
A new memoir from President Emeritus Sandy Boyd recounts his Midwestern life and lessons from 13 years leading the University of Iowa. Read more from Iowa NOW
A student organization that spent the school year designing and building a quarter-scale tractor will enter a lean and versatile machine into a competition in an effort to climb the leader board after a strong showing last year. Read more from Iowa State News Services
Kyla Ford’s academic journey started pretty hastily. At just 17 years old, she had moved out of her mother’s house, was just diagnosed with chronic regional pain syndrome and was recovering from surgery. She knew she wanted to go to school, so she enrolled in Kirkwood Community College and started...
