Space informatics

PhD Program

Flexible program that welcomes students with a broad range of research interests within informatics.

Informatics research

MS Program

Program is a non-research, course-based informatics program for students who wish to enhance their careers.

informatics instruction

Certificate Program

The program provides students with the same core curriculum as the MS and PhD degrees.

News

From Campus to the World: Angelina Evans Embarks on a Fulbright-Fueled Journey in Germany

Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Angelina Evans is a Spring '25 graduate of the Geoinformatics U2G (Undergraduate to Graduate) program at the University of Iowa and a 2025 Fulbright recipient headed to Germany.
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Demiray, Nguyen, Norris, and Zeinali recognized

Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Informatics graduate students are publicly recognized for their research, including winning prestigious awards and fellowships.
Delaney Norris holding awards.

HawCHI Lab Awarded Best Paper Award & Social Impact Honorable Mention at IDC '24

Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Professor Juan Pablo Hourcade and co-authors/student advisees Flannery Currin - who recently defended her doctoral thesis, Summer Schmuecker (Informatics U2G MS - Spring '24) and Delaney Norris (Informatics U2G MS) recently published “Understanding Adult Stakeholder Perspectives on the Ethics of Extended Reality Technologies with a Focus on Young Children and Children in Rural Areas”. This paper was awarded the Best Full Paper Award and Social Impact Honorable Mention at IDC '24 - the 23rd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference.
Dare to Discover 2023

Informatics students featured in 2023 Dare to Discover campaign

Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Han Bao, Bekir Demiray, and Rachel Shrode featured for their outstanding research.

Events

5th Annual BioBlitz at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory promotional image

5th Annual BioBlitz at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory

Saturday, July 12, 2025 9:00am to 11:00am
Ashton Cross Country Course
What types of plants, animals, and fungal life might you find at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory? Let's find out!  Join researchers in collecting, observing, and recording biodiversity at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory in our 5th Annual BioBlitz. Your findings will inform a major research project and will contribute to the fifth data point in a multi-year documentation of how diversity changes at this site over time. Collections will be housed with the UI Museum of Natural History...

All Majors Career Fair

Thursday, September 25, 2025 11:00am to 4:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
This job and internship fair will focus on recruiting students in ALL MAJORS! Typically about 100+ employers attend and 1,000+ students attend!Visit careers.uiowa.edu/all-majors-career-fair for more details.
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