Robert Townsend's lecture, “Set Up for Success: Making Your Humanities Degree Work,” will take place on Monday, Sept. 21, on the University of Northern Iowa campus.
For decades, a bronze plaque on UNI’s Campanile claimed that the historic tower clock mechanism had won the “World’s Grand Prize” at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. There was just one problem… the prize had never existed.
Robin Foster, principal of West Elementary, part of the Mid-Prairie Community School District, has received the 2026 UNI Educational Leadership Legacy Award from the University of Northern Iowa.
Without the affirmation of a University of Northern Iowa professor, Joyce Levingston may not have realized how smart she was as a 20-something undergraduate student studying family services whose previous experiences led her to drop out of high school.
For Miah Phalen, this back-to-school season is special. For the first time in many years, she’s not starting a new academic year as a student. This year, she’s the teacher, leading her own classroom at Weber Elementary School in Iowa City.
TheatreUNI at the University of Northern Iowa invites audiences to experience magic, humor, competition and unforgettable music during its 2026–27 season, “Wonderings and Wanderings.”
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Harvard University professor Annette Gordon-Reed will present "Thomas Jefferson and the Presidency" at the University of Northern Iowa's 2026 Constitution Day address.
