Head coach Ben Jacobson and the Panthers are dancing again in March Madness! The University of Northern Iowa returns to the NCAA Tournament on Friday when the Panthers square off with head coach Rick Pitino and the St. John’s Red Storm at Viejas Arena in San Diego. Tip time is scheduled for 6:10 p.m. CT with the game being broadcast to a national audience by CBS.
Five UNI faculty members and one graduate student — representing fields from music and education to engineering and astrochemistry — have been awarded funding and support to advance early‑stage ideas through the university’s Intellectual Property and Innovation Disclosure Competition IV.
Panther basketball fans are invited to gather for a March Madness celebration as UNI Athletics hosts an NCAA March Madness Selection Sunday watch party, open to the public at the Diamond Event Center located at 5307 Caraway Lane in Cedar Falls on Sunday.
The University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art and the UNI Department of Art & Graphic Design are proud to jointly present the 2026 Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, scheduled to run from March 23 through April 16, 2026.