Officials with Iowa’s Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and other Related Disabilities (LEND) program at the Center for Disabilities and Development at University of Iowa Children’s Hospital announced that the program has received a five-year, $3.1 million award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

Liu Hong, associate professor at the UI College of Dentistry, received a two-year, $410,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

UI journalism student Faith Wenger combined her interests in technology, communication, and entrepreneurship to land the perfect internship at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Physician and author Abraham Verghese, who received an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1991, is among the recipients of the 2015 National Humanities Medal.

University of Iowa spin-out company Viewpoint Molecular Targeting has been named one of the best university start-up companies in the country by the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer. Viewpoint will participate in the council's University Startups Demo Day in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 20.

The University of Iowa Class of 2020 tops previous records in achievement, boasting nearly 800 Old Gold Scholarship recipients, as well as 1,360 first-generation students.

The UI has proposed naming the Madison Street Residence Hall after renowned sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett, the first African American woman to receive an MFA at the University of Iowa.

The Business Analytics Academy in the Tippie College of Business’ full-time MBA program has been designated as a STEM degree, which will give its alumni a leg up when starting their careers.

John Donelson, professor emeritus of biochemistry in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, will be honored at the 2016 Distinguished Mentor Award Celebration and Lecture from 3 to 5 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 1, in the Prem Sahai Auditorium in the Medical Education and Research Facility.

The Provost’s Office of Outreach and Engagement has awarded five grants during its first application window of the 2015–16 academic year.