Five faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have been honored for their excellence in teaching and scholarship or creative work.

A University of Iowa student's essay about how the Internet and social media helped the Ponseti method become the gold standard for the treatment of clubfoot has won a national contest.

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History has been chosen as a finalist for the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area People’s Choice Site of the Year Golden Silo Award. Cast your vote by April 3 at the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area website.

The annual Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women presents some of the university's top honors for faculty and staff, as well as scholarships for promising students.

History alumnus James Erwin's Reddit postings were well-read; before long, his hypothetical time-travel military scenario (modern Marines fighting the Roman Empire, in the earlier era) landed him screenwriter duties on a big-budget flick.

Writers' Workshop alumnus Juan Felipe Herrera dedicates the award to "all the young writers who want to put kindness inside every word throughout the state, because kindness is the heart of creativity."

As the new Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, University of Iowa graduate Tom Wickham helps keep the legislative process in order.

Fiction writer Kevin Moffett, an alumnus of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award, discusses his newest book Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events. Moffett is described as "one of today's funniest fiction writers."

Former University of Iowa basketball star Don Nelson, the NBA's all-time winningest coach, says graduating from the UI this spring is more important than his possible election to the Hall of Fame.

Sherry Lang, one of 10 UIHC nurses named to 100 Great Iowa Nurses, is profiled.