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Dean John Keller

Grad College chosen to participate in national initiative

Thursday, September 12, 2019
The University of Iowa is part of an AAU PhD Education Initiative that aims to change the culture surrounding doctoral education.
Ana-Maria Racila

UI grad students earn AAUW Dissertation Fellowships

Friday, August 23, 2019
Banu Gumusoglu and Ana-Monica Racila became the first two UI graduate students to win this fellowship in the same year since 2006-2007.
Diana Sproles shares a laugh with her SROP students.

Sproles leaves lasting impact on her students

Thursday, August 22, 2019
Graduate College staff member gave valuable support and guidance to underrepresented students over 30-plus years.

UI artist educates about the wonder of our oceans

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
JD Whitman will combine art with marine ecology to uniquely inform viewers on a decline in marine biodiversity due to human threats.
A photo of six women with their arms around each other captioned: Alice, Lula, Marie, Helen, Louise.

Lulu Merle Johnson: a pioneer in higher education

Tuesday, October 24, 2017
The Graduate College recognizes doctoral student's historic accomplishment by naming a fellowship in her honor.

School of Library and Information Science turns 50

Tuesday, August 8, 2017
The University of Iowa's School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) has helped master's students find their identities as librarians.

Nicholas Borcherding wins MAGS Award

Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Pathology graduate student was nominated for the MAGS Award after receiving the L.B. Sims Outstanding Master's Thesis Award from the UI Graduate College.

SROP celebrates 30th anniversary

Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Program is designed to provide promising underrepresented undergraduate students with first-hand exposure to the graduate school experience and to faculty life.

Alzheimer's patients can still feel the emotion long after the memories have vanished

Wednesday, September 24, 2014
A new UI study supports an inescapable message: caregivers have an influence on the emotional state of Alzheimer's patients.
Elizabeth Catlett and another woman sit at a dining table and smile at the camera

True to Self

Thursday, September 13, 2012
In 1940, Elizabeth Catlett became one of the first three MFA graduates from the University of Iowa and was the first African American woman to receive the degree.