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University presidents highlight faculty honors, major gifts, construction and workforce partnerships in Regents reports
Summary
Presidents from Iowa State, University of Iowa and University of Northern Iowa gave campus updates covering faculty honors (AAAS fellows, National Academy recognitions), a $42 million gift for a new industrial engineering building, SciTown construction, Ames Lab leadership change, and workforce-focused campus programs.
University presidents used their reports at the April 24 Iowa Board of Regents meeting to summarize recent campus achievements, capital projects, donor commitments and workforce partnerships across the three regent institutions.
Iowa State President Wendy Wintersteen highlighted faculty recognitions including nine faculty named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Robert Brown’s election to the National Academy of Engineering. Wintersteen noted two faculty named to the National Academy of Inventors and described partnerships with Iowa businesses, citing…
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