The University of Iowa’s intercollegiate debate team won the 2025 Cross Examination Debate Association’s national championship in March. The accomplishment by debate partners Spencer Anderson-McElligott and Grey Parfenoff marked the 13th national title for the A. Craig Baird Debate Forum since 1989.

A University of Iowa search committee has announced the first candidate for the next associate provost for graduate and professional education and dean of the Graduate College. Jon C.D. Houtman is professor and vice chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the Carver College of Medicine and associate director for career enhancement at the UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center.