Nearly 150 years to the day after the legislation establishing UNI took effect, the Iowa Legislature formally recognized the University of Northern Iowa sesquicentennial milestone on Wednesday, March 25 with resolutions read in both chambers.
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.
Northern Iowa clinches its sixth MVC Tournament title in program history and earns the league's automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Tournament for the ninth time in school history.
Jolene Hays and Samantha Henriksen, MVP advisers at Fort Dodge Senior High School, and Jocelyn Frohwein, MVP coordinator at Marshalltown Community College, are the 2025-26 recipients of the Dan Marburger Mentors in Violence Prevention Advocacy Awards.
Loveless, who oversees initiatives that support student veterans and military-connected families, was recognized for her leadership and service with a national award from NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.
