A record six University of Iowa graduate students received prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, starting in the 2018–19 academic year. UI graduate students continue to earn other prestigious fellowships that bring funding, networking opportunities, and flexibility to their graduate studies.

Brian Kaskie, associate professor of health management and policy in the College of Public Health, has been named editor of "Public Policy & Aging Report," a quarterly journal published by the Gerontological Society of America that explores topics generated by the aging of society.

Dale Wurster, professor in the College of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, received the David J. W. Grant National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education Distinguished Scholar Award in Basic Pharmaceutics.

President Harreld takes a look back at Iowa’s accomplishments over the summer and highlights the 2018 Work Plan created by the Path Forward Steering Committees, which will guide the UI through this year’s phase of the Strategic Plan 2016–2021.

The five-year grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research will be used to improve research of multiple, complex chronic conditions.

The new Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering will address growing student interest in the field of systems engineering.

Gregory Carmichael will be honored at the American Geophysical Union's annual fall meeting in Washington

UI Facilities Management was recently selected for a 2018 APPA Effective and Innovative Practices Award for its Fault Detection and Diagnostics Program.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded a $105,000 grant to Lori Branch, associate professor in the University of Iowa Department of English, to host a three-week seminar for 16 college and university faculty members on the UI campus.

University of Iowa faculty and students are participating in a historic NASA mission to study the sun. The Iowa team will study the solar wind to better understand its effects on weather around Earth. The Parker Solar Probe mission launched on Aug. 11.