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International Writing Program resident longlisted for Booker Prize

Tuesday, July 26, 2022
International Writing Program (IWP) spring 2022 resident Shehan Karunatilaka has been longlisted for the Booker Prize, the world’s leading literary award for fiction, for his book The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.

UI Hospitals & Clinics remains only hospital in Iowa to be nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report

Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Eight specialties rank among the top 10% of programs nationally; Ophthalmology ranks seventh and Ear, Nose, and Throat ranks 31st

UI students receive degrees after spring 2022 semester

Wednesday, June 15, 2022
The University of Iowa awarded more than 6,100 degrees at the close of the spring 2022 semester.

UI students named to dean's list for spring 2022 semester

Wednesday, June 15, 2022
More than 4,000 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean’s list for the 2022 spring semester.

UI students named to president's list for spring 2022 semester

Wednesday, June 15, 2022
More than 1,000 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the president’s list for the 2022 spring semester.

UI Stead Family Children's Hospital ranked in U.S. News & World Report for Best Children's Hospitals

Tuesday, June 14, 2022
University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital is listed among the nation’s best in seven specialties in the 2022-23 “Best Children’s Hospitals” rankings published online today by U.S. News & World Report.

UI professor wins NASA funding for simulation package

Thursday, June 9, 2022
A University of Iowa professor has received an award from NASA as part of a simulation package that will aid in the design of new instruments aboard balloons and satellites.

University of Iowa Distinguished Chairs named

Thursday, May 26, 2022
Peter Thorne, professor of occupational and environmental health in the College of Public Health, and Lea VanderVelde, professor of law and the Josephine R. Witte Chair, have been named recipients of the 2022 University of Iowa Distinguished Chair.

Whitaker receives alumni award from South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health

Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Selected from a pool of nominations of alumni who graduated in the past 10 years ago, Kara Whitaker has been awarded the Gerry Sue Arnold Alumni Award from the University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health.

UI researcher wins funding to study regional air quality

Wednesday, May 18, 2022
A University of Iowa researcher has been awarded $1.55 million to improve regional air quality monitoring from space.