Finalist for U-I president visits campus Hari Osofsky The first of four finalists in the search for a new University of Iowa president visited campus and held a public forum Monday. Hari Osofsky is the dean of the Penn State school of Law and International Affairs. “I grew up in the midwest and have spent most of my academic career in peer universities working to advance their public mission,” Osofsky says. “What excites me most about being the University of Iowa’s next president is the unique opportunity to make a difference through leadership here.” Osofsky was asked about the top challenges facing the Iowa City School. “You know we are in the middle of a global pandemic. And that has a significant economic impact on this university as it has on universities around the country. And not just on the university –but on members of its community. We have had a set of layered crises this year that have caused a lot of trauma and a lot of exhaustion within the community.”