Jerald L. Schnoor, the Allen S. Henry Chair in Engineering and professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Iowa, has received the American Chemical Society Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology.

The Tippie College of Business received a gold award in the Best Use of Social Media category from CASE District VI this month for summertime student takeover campaigns of the college’s Instagram account.

Kelly Carrell, assistant director of Student Financial Aid, was selected in December to participate in National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators' (NASFAA) inaugural 2018-19 Diversity Leadership Program Class.

Reams has been at the University of Iowa for more than a decade, most recently serving as associate dean of students and director of Student Care & Assistance, which provides support to students experiencing crises or emergency situations.

The University of Iowa Graduate College appointed Steven M. Varga to the position of associate dean, effective Jan. 1, 2019.

Anne Helene Skinstad, clinical professor in the College of Public Health, has recently been awarded grants totaling $9.5 million over the next five years to help reduce drug and alcohol addiction among American Indian and Alaska Native populations.

University of Iowa researcher Jeffrey Dorale has contributed to a new study that determines how much oceans rose during a particularly warm climate period about 120,000 years ago. The results are based on an analysis of mineral deposits found in caves on an island in the western Mediterranean.

Chemists at the University of Iowa have designed and demonstrated a new approach to spatially configuring chains of atoms in a natural compound that may have medical uses.

About 1,500 University of Iowa students received their degrees at fall 2018 commencement ceremonies Dec. 13–16.

President Harreld writes about the successes of the past semester and adds an encouragement for graduating students.