The University of Iowa has awarded eight interdisciplinary projects with $15 million in funding generated by the public-private partnership (P3) with its utility system.

The Board of Regents approved the University of Iowa’s proposal to establish the Iowa Center for School Mental Health in the UI College of Education.

Preceding the announcement of the University of Iowa as bee-friendly, campus and community partners brought a piece of interactive public art in Gibson Square Park to increase awareness and inspire action by the public in preserving and promoting bee habitats in Iowa City.

The native pollinator population is vital to the function of our native ecosystem and the vegetation and wildlife within it.To help prevent further decline, the University of Iowa has committed to protecting our native pollinator population through becoming a Bee Campus USA affiliate.

On Friday, April 29, the University of Iowa became the 13th location in the United States to plant a sapling grown from the chestnut tree that symbolized hope for Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis during World War II.

When trees were removed from campus as a result of the Emerald Ash Borer and the derecho wind storm, Landscape Services faced a decision: dispose of the excess material at a cost, or find a way for the material to benefit the university. Using the felled trees to create mulch resulted in cost savings of approximately $18,000 for our Landscape Services team and the university. It will provide two-years-worth of mulch for the campus.

The University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums (UIPM) will debut Tree Tours, a new educational program series. The first event in the series will occur from noon to 1 p.m. on Earth Day, this Friday, followed by monthly events at the same time through October. This program is free and open to all campus and community guests; registration is not required.

The University of Iowa was recently honored with the 2021 Tree Campus USA Award at the Annual Community Forestry Awards Luncheon in Ankeny. The award was presented by the Arbor Day Foundation and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources on April 12, at the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny.

A media tour was held to showcase the new $50 million Stanley Museum of Art, which is scheduled to open to the public on August 26.  The previous museum of art, located at 150 N. Riverside Drive, was evacuated during flooding in 2008.  Lauren Lessing, director of the museum, told members of the press about its facilities, upcoming programming, and its opening weekend. 

The University of Iowa mathematics department will move to Jessup Hall when modernization begins in MacLean Hall within the next decade.