Board of Regents Newsletter: September 2026 Newsletter
The REAPS initiative, created in December 2025, is a comprehensive review of revenue streams and cost efficiencies across the Regents Enterprise. Though Iowa’s public universities have ongoing revenue enhancement and cost-saving measures in place, REAPS was commissioned to enhance those efforts and work toward even greater efficiency gains. Iowa’s public...
For the first time, the University of Northern Iowa has earned the distinction of being named the No. 1 public regional university in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report. The 2027 edition of the Best Colleges rankings evaluates more than 1,700 U.S. colleges and universities, using up to...
The University of Iowa remains the nation’s top public university for writing in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings. Ranked No. 10 overall in writing in the disciplines, Iowa has been recognized as the best public university for six consecutive years. Iowa also maintains top 10...
Inside the hazard simulation lab at Iowa State University, Guowen Song watches a column of engineered smoke curl upward from a controlled burn. The smoke isn’t theatrical — it’s data. And for Song, professor and the Noma Scott Lloyd Endowed Chair of apparel, events and hospitality at Iowa State, it...
