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Worst to first: Iowa engineering, business team wins international competition
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
University of Iowa undergraduate engineering and business students blended expertise to win first place at ENGCOMM, an international conference focused on the intersection of engineering and business last month.
UI alumni and staff contribute to NASA’s lunar rover research
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
UI alumnus Dan Negrut and current staff member Chris Schwarz are helping to design simulations for a rover that may be used for the Artemis campaign.
OPL at 8,000 feet: Iowa lab tests the future of flight
Monday, February 9, 2026
University of Iowa staffer details experience flying in Aero L-29 Delfin trainer jet with the Operator Performance Laboratory. In full flight suit, strapped into one of OPLs oldest birds with a parachute attached to my seat, we bank east. Off the right wing, a second L-29 and a Beechcraft Bonanza slide into echelon formation.
The Conversation: Colleges teach the most valuable career skills when they don’t stick narrowly to preprofessional education
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
A quiet tension underlies this evolution in higher education – the widening divide between practical, technical training and a comprehensive education that perhaps is more likely to encourage students to inquire, reflect and innovate as they learn, writes Daniel McGehee, University of Iowa professor of industrial and systems engineering and director of the Driving Safety Research Institute.
