Tara Bynum, associate professor in the Department of English, has received a $50,000 fellowship from the John Carter Brown Library to support work on her book, A Revolutionary History of Black Joy.

Michele Conlon, head tennis professional at the University of Iowa Recreational Services, was recognized Sept. 2 as a recipient of the inaugural 35 x 35 President’s Impact Award by the U.S. Tennis Association.

Dana Thomann, University of Iowa associate professor of instruction in Rhetoric, has been named the 2026 Hudson Prize winner for her story collection, Erratics.

A University of Iowa-led chemistry team has developed a simpler, less expensive way to isolate terbium, a rare-earth element essential to technologies ranging from smartphone screens to X-rays. The breakthrough could expand access to this critical material, potentially accelerating advances in in quantum technologies, electronics, medicine, and other applications.