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Thanks to numerous strategic investments and campuswide partnerships, a record number of UI students are staying enrolled and graduating on time. In fall 2024, more than 90% of first-year students returned for their second year, and the six-year graduation rate for students who started in fall 2018 is 74.6% — both of which are a new high.
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Four University of Iowa faculty members are recipients of the 2025 President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence: Gary Christensen, Darren Hoffmann, Meena Khandelwal, and Alexandra Nica. Read more about each recipient’s positive impact on Iowa students.
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The federal workforce is sustaining reductions in staffing, which could result in communication delays about currently-funded research projects, submitted proposals, and future funding opportunities. Please find the latest update from Interim Vice President for Research Lois Geist on the Federal Updates 2025 page.
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After the University of Iowa made faculty success an important pillar of its 2022-2027 Strategic Plan, the effects are showing. The UI’s initiatives on supporting faculty success are helping retain more instructors, researchers, and clinicians, with faculty resignations decreasing by 11% in 2024.
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The University of Iowa is seeking permission from the Iowa Board of Regents at its February meeting to proceed with four facilities projects. They include a new UI Health Care child care center, which would replace the current Westlawn location, and approvals for the new Arena Parking Ramp, Iowa Memorial Union renovations, and renovations to the first floor of Mayflower Residence Hall.
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The co-chairs of a committee tasked with selecting the next UI associate provost for graduate and professional education and dean of the Graduate College are seeking internal applications for the position, for which all tenured full professors at Iowa are eligible to apply. In addition, nine faculty, staff, and students have been named to the search committee.
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The UI has submitted a revised 2022-2027 Strategic Plan for consideration at the Iowa Board of Regents meeting next week. The midcycle update aligns the plan with the recently amended Board of Regents Strategic Plan and ensures compliance with new state laws, as well as allows the university to assess progress, refine strategies, and set new goals for the coming years.
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While Ted Abel has been part of impressive progress as the founding director of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute at the UI, one of the best things to happen to him has been personal — seeing his son, Seamus, who is on the autism spectrum, prepare to graduate this spring. Seamus has thrived at Iowa, while his father has broadened his research focus to include neurodevelopmental disorders.
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No matter what physical activity you are doing, a night of quality sleep should be an important part of preparation. Aaron Schneider, assistant professor of health and human physiology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, explains in this Q&A how sleep can optimize your physical performance and the best way to prioritize sleep quality.
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Work-life balance has long been touted as the key to managing our professional and personal lives. This traditional view, where work and life are given equal weight, is elusive and hard to maintain. Work-life integration is a more realistic and holistic view that means the two are interconnected and constantly and predictably fluid.
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At the February Staff Council meeting, the Office of the Ombudsperson provided an update on office usage and resolution rates. The group also received updates from University Human Resources and Campus Safety.
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In the know: More news, information, and resources
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- Recognize teaching assistants: The Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award recognizes up to 30 teaching assistants for their work at the university. Nominations are due by Wednesday, Feb. 26, and awardees will be celebrated in April.
- Blood drive takes place today: The UI DeGowin Blood Center is hosting a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the UI Health Care university campus’ fountain lobby (elevator C, level 1). Stop by and donate if you are able.
- New group coaching series helps you build a foundation of well-being: The Back to Basics group coaching series from liveWELL is underway with free virtual coaching programs on physical activity, nutrition, mental well-being, and sleep. Sign up now.
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Events
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- Research Panel Event: Students’ Use (and Misuse) of Generative AI Tools in the Classroom, 10: 30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2520D University Capitol Centre
- Ten Minute Play Festival, 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, Theatre Building, 200 N. Riverside Drive
- Book Matters: Brady G’sell and Meena Khandelwal in conversation with Elana Buch, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St.
- Andrew Rae lecture, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, Iowa Memorial Union International Ballroom
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