Board of Regents Newsletter: October 2021 Newsletter

The Board of Regents, in collaboration with the University of Iowa Public Policy Center and College of Law, is sponsoring the Policy Challenges for Iowa Discussion Series to highlight divergent but compelling voices on important issues impacting public policy and our communities. The series, which began September 22, 2021 with...
Iowa State University recently dedicated its new Student Innovation Center, a highly flexible, technology-rich campus hub for project-based learning, entrepreneurship and multidisciplinary collaboration. The facility provides space for students, faculty and staff to share ideas, experiment and create new products. Read more from ISU News Service
Ted Abel, University of Iowa Roy J. Carver Chair in Neuroscience and member of the National Academy of Medicine, will present "It’s not a dream, it’s a memory" at the UI's 38th Presidential Lecture on November 7, 2021. Abel will speak in the Memorial Union Main Hall at 3:30 p.m....
A UNI alum has overcome a rare jaw cancer and years of reconstructive surgeries to achieve her goal of becoming a biochemist, and has topped it off by earning a prestigious research fellowship and mentoring underrepresented students. Cassandra Hayne (‘11), a double major in biology and biochemistry who started her...
The pandemic strained the mental health and personal relationships of many rural Iowans, while residents in larger towns tended to report physical health and economic challenges with greater frequency, according to the survey data collected between December 2020 and February 2021. The results illustrate how the pandemic impacted communities in...