The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine celebrated Match Day on Friday, March 15. A total of 136 students in the college participated in the match through the National Residency Matching Program, and 35 percent of those students will receive their training in Iowa.

A University of Iowa researcher has been named a fellow to the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science. Marc Armstrong, professor in the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, will be honored as a UCGIS fellow at the organization’s June 2019 Symposium in Washington, D.C.

Leigh Marshall, a MFA playwright in the UI Theatre Arts Program, debuted her play Laterality in February. The play, about twin brothers, one of whom has lung cancer, draws upon Marshall's feelings about death. Marshall's father died of cancer when she was 16 years old.

Several start-up ideas from University of Iowa students were awarded cash prizes in various categories in the Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (Iowa JPEC) IdeaStorm competitions recently.

The University of Iowa’s Distance and Online Education Instructional Design Team has won a 2019 OLC Effective Practice Award.

Gregory LeFevre, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a researcher at the UI’s IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering research center, recently received the National Science Foundation’s prestigious CAREER award for his stormwater research.

Researchers at the University of Iowa have been awarded funding to design and use smart technology to maximize crop yields and use water more efficiently in rural agriculture. he four-year, $1.6 million grant is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The University of Iowa has 60 programs ranked in this year’s “U.S. News & World Report” graduate and professional school rankings, 11 with top 10 rankings in their categories.

Linda Snetselaar, professor of epidemiology and endowed chair of preventive nutrition in the College of Public Health, is one of 20 nationally recognized scientists selected to serve on the federal government's 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.

UI Political Science Professor Caroline Tolbert was recognized as one of the 400 most-cited political science faculty members in the country in the PS: Political Science article, "The Political Science 400: With Citation Counts by Cohort, Gender, and Subfield."