A recent UI graduate who grew up in the economic collapse of the Soviet Union developed his love of art at Iowa and has started a business selling his work with the help of the university’s entrepreneurial resources.

Each year dozens of Iowa faculty, staff, students, and alumni get their work published, win prizes, draw accolades, and earn awards. Here are some highlights from the many writing and writing-related programs in the 2017–18 academic year.

Grant from the United States-India Educational Foundation will fund research to solve water issues in India

UI State Hygienic Laboratory Director Michael Pentella and Director Emeritus Christopher Atchison have received Lifetime Achievement Awards at the annual meeting of the Association of Public Health Laboratories.

Peggy Nopoulos has been named chair and departmental executive officer (DEO) of the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, following a national search in which she was recommended as the top finalist for the position.

UI faculty have won grants through the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development program.

Nearly 5,400 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean’s list for the 2018 spring semester.

More than 500 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the president’s list for the 2018 spring semester.

The University of Iowa awarded more than 4,500 degrees at the close of the 2018 spring semester.

IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering professor honored for flood outreach