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.
Juan Pablo Hourcade

Hourcade appointed ACM Distinguished Speaker

Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Director of Graduate Studies for the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Informatics is honored.
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Health Informatics PhD student receives award

Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Eric Pahl, a cofounder of OmniLife, a health technology communication and collaboration platform, recently received a $250,000 SBIR grant from the NIH.
A headshot of Alexis Graves

Informatics grad student featured in 2022 Dare to Discover Campaign

Friday, January 21, 2022
Alexis Graves is recognized for her research on COVID-19.
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NASA grants fellowship to grad student to track nighttime air quality

Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Informatics scholar Meng Zhou received a research award to study the concentration of nighttime aerosols.
Todd Papke

Alarm fatigue in health clinicians

Monday, August 11, 2014
Todd Papke says personalized alerts is a possible solution for alarm fatigue.
Christopher Harris

Christopher Harris

Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Ph.D. candidate and his colleagues are showing that well-designed games provide a powerful incentive for people to perform mundane tasks that computers cannot.

Events

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Study Abroad Fair

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 11:00am to 3:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Discover short-term and semester study and internship programs that let you earn academic credit while immersing yourself in new cultures. Connect with study abroad advisors, faculty program directors, former participants, and academic advisors to see how international experiences can enhance your time at UI!
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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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