A rare 125-year-old American chestnut on the University of Iowa’s Oakdale Campus is cared for by arborist Andy Dahl and FM Landscape Services, draws visitors from across the Midwest, and supports national research on restoring the species.

Farrukh Bashir has been named associate vice president and director of University of Iowa Facilities Management. Bashir succeeds Lynne Finn, who will retire after a decade of service to the university. Bashir, assistant director of Facilities Management at the University of Minnesota, will begin on Feb. 2.