The David J. Skorton Staff Excellence Award for Public Service is given annually to individuals who have made significant contributions and have shown “exceptional imagination and dedication to improving the university community.” Service must include activities of high quality in staff governance, committee work, policy improvement, program creation, etc. and must be outside normal job responsibilities.

Barbara J. Wilson, executive vice president and vice president for academic affairs for the University of Illinois System, will become the 22nd president of the University of Iowa on July 15, 2021. The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, announced Wilson as its unanimous selection at its meeting in Iowa City on Friday, April 30.

The new University of Iowa DEI website has been launched. Please see this important message from Liz Tovar!

The University of Iowa operates on two distinct salary increase cycles and each college/division has determined the cycle in which they may provide adjustments. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences operates on a January 1 cycle.