About Hancher

Hancher is a multidisciplinary performing arts presenter committed to connecting artists and audiences with transformational artistic experiences. Since 1972, Hancher has been the cultural hub of the University of Iowa campus—presenting world-class dance, music, and theater. Along the way, Hancher has extended its reach far beyond campus, engaging thousands of Iowans each year, on campus, throughout the community, and across the state. Hancher is one of the leading university presenters of the performing arts in the nation and has earned an international reputation for excellence.

About IDEAL

Iowa Digital Engagement and Learning (IDEAL) works with instructors to make classroom innovation easier and to improve outcomes for students. IDEAL projects ask students to engage with communities beyond the classroom by using digital technologies and creating work that endures beyond the end of the semester.

About Leadership and Engagement

Our programs help students develop lifelong leadership skills, offer incredible experiential service-learning, and provides civic engagement opportunities to students both on and off-campus. We strive to prepare students to lead & serve in their communities! Successful students develop skills and knowledge to become civic-minded leaders, become more mature in their thinking, assume greater responsibility for their own lives and learning, and develop their understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

About Libraries & Collections

Special Collections & Archives is a unique part of the UI Libraries that offers materials spanning over 4,000 years for student and faculty use. We have a variety of archival collections, including the International Dada Archive, Iowa Women's Archive, Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, and the University Archives. Our collection also includes Science Fiction items, fanzines, artists' books, maps, film ephemera, book history, culinary collections, and so much more. We are a great resource for unique and captivating primary sources to help enhance projects. You can also dive into our collections for inspiration for creative projects in writing and the arts through thousands of items that explore this world and others. 

About Pomerantz Career Center

The Pomerantz Career Center works with all undergraduate class years and almost all undergraduate majors. We provide career and experiential education advising, Handshake (our job & internship recruiting system), career fairs and other employer events, leadership and professional development courses, and data on where Hawkeyes go after graduation.  

About SEAM

Students Engage at Main (The SEAM) is dedicated to helping students become better researchers. We provide resources, assistance, and services that support undergraduate research, learning, and student success. The SEAM hosts extended research assistance hours and other programs that help undergraduate students develop and improve research skills and critical thinking. Librarians and staff working in The SEAM also collaborate with faculty and instructors to develop curricula, assignments, and lesson plans that integrate information literacy, critical thinking, and research skills into course and curricular content.

About The Office of the State Archaeologist

Founded in 1959, the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist (OSA) is a research unit organized under the UI Vice President for Research. Nationally recognized for decades of innovation in the field of archaeology, the OSA conducts archaeological research and public programs around the state, preserves ancient burial sites, and examines and reinters ancient human remains. The OSA also maintains the state archaeological repository, manages data on all recorded archaeological sites in Iowa, and publishes technical reports and public resources on Iowa archaeology.

About Student Wellness

Student Wellness offers consultations, programming, and services to help support student well-being. Our department specializes in topic areas including alcohol & other drug support, fitness, nutrition, sleep, stress management, tobacco/e-cigarette support. We interact with students through individual consultations, workshops, small group programs, and at larger scale events. Feeling well is integral to student success, and wellness is so much more than eating well and being physically active. Our department can help connect students to learn more about their health behaviors and get them closer to their goals.

About UIHC Project Art

Project Art is committed to providing an environment that promotes healing, shaped by a robust offering of art exhibitions and performances. Art enriches and revitalizes the lives of our patients and visitors, reducing the stress and anxiety often associated with healthcare settings. Our mission is to create aesthetic, contemplative, entertaining, and visual thinking experiences that offer meaningful distractions to encourage conversations and exploration while visiting the hospital.

About Stanley Museum of Art

The Stanley Museum of Art welcomes the University of Iowa community, all Iowans, and the world to discover and enjoy extraordinary works of art, explore new ideas, and cultivate new insights into history, culture, and the act of creation. We build diverse communities around our collections by fostering creative connections across the university, the state, and the world. Through the wise stewardship and dynamic presentation of the collections in our care, the Stanley encourages transformative encounters with works of art and contemplation of the human story. 

The museum welcomes faculty to the Stanley Visual Classroom to support research and learning objectives. Students from all disciplines can benefit from the many transferrable skills that looking closely at art sharpens, including observation, critical thinking, cultural awareness, written and oral communication, and empathy.