Board of Regents Newsletter: March 2022 Newsletter
John Cool will be named interim superintendent at Iowa School for the Deaf (ISD) and Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired (IESBVI), pending Board of Regents, State of Iowa approval at its April 6-7 meeting. Cool, a long-time former senior administrator at ISD/IESBVI, will begin serving as...
The University of Iowa continues to climb in the U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate School rankings. According to the 2023 report, 66 UI colleges and programs were recognized among the best in their field. Four of these programs, all in the College of Nursing, received a top-10 ranking....
With President Barbara Wilson leading the institution and a majority of colleges helmed by female deans, the University of Iowa was named a national leader in gender equality in a 2022 study by the Eos Foundation. Iowa ranks fourth of 130 institutions, public and private, across the country. Read more...
Nethmi Hewage, junior in chemistry who grew up in Matara, Sri Lanka, was selected as a 2022 Goldwater Scholar. She plans to obtain a Ph.D. in chemistry and continue her research at a Carnegie 1 research university. The Goldwater Scholarship is the premier undergraduate scholarship in mathematics, natural sciences and...
The University of Northern Iowa has received the highest designation for veteran-friendly colleges of its size in the U.S. after its ranking by the comprehensive review service Military Friendly increased for the third straight year. UNI now holds a Top Ten and gold ranking, moving up from the silver that...
