IOWA CITY, IOWA (June 12, 2019) — More than 4,800 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students at the University of Iowa recently participated in graduation ceremonies.

The UI's spring 2019 graduates had an average cumulative undergraduate grade-point average of 3.16 on a 4.0 scale. In addition, 16 percent of the graduating-class graduated with multiple majors and 355 undergraduates graduated with honors.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (May 22/2019) — More than 100 Iowa City-area elementary-school students participated in Healthy LifeStars, an initiative from the University of Iowa College of Public Health staffed by current UI students that fights childhood obesity by encouraging students to be more active and eat more nutritious food. Childhood obesity has become a serious public health-issue in the US, as more and more children are classified as significantly overweight.

IOWA CITY, IA (May 15, 2019) — Dexter Golinghorst of Walcott, Iowa, was among the University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and alumni who received some of the institution's highest honors on April 23 at the 102nd Finkbine Dinner.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (March 26, 2019) — More than 1,700 current University of Iowa students collaborated to raise almost $3 million in financial support for the UI Stead Family Children's Hospital as participants in the 25th annual UI Dance Marathon.

During the February 1-2 event at the Iowa Memorial Union, student participants unveiled the total of $2,960,403.25, which supports pediatric-oncology patients and their families at the hospital and advances cancer research.