As the University of Iowa welcomed its second-largest first-year class this fall, faculty across campus are utilizing resources and new teaching approaches that work for large enrollment courses.

Michael J. Welsh, MD, University of Iowa professor of internal medicine, has won the 2025 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for his fundamental research on cystic fibrosis (CF), which paved the way to new therapies that have transformed the health and life expectancy of people with CF.

Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz received the $1.1M award to continue her work to support Native Nations across the country.

University of Iowa dentistry professor Steven Levy is interviewed about how fluoride affects children's health.

This spring, more than 5,500 University of Iowa students will receive their degrees during in-person and livestreamed commencement ceremonies, beginning with the College of Pharmacy’s Doctor of Pharmacy ceremony on May 15 and concluding with College of Dentistry ceremony on June 6.

T.J. Dedeaux-Norris came to the University of Iowa from Yale University as a Grant Wood Art Fellow in 2016 and expected to be here for nine months. Fast forward nine years, and they are preparing to spend several months in Rome working on their project titled “Martyrs, Vessels, and Perpetual Becoming: An Emergence in Rome” as the recipient of one of the world’s most prestigious fellowship programs.

As the end of the academic year approaches, it’s time to celebrate all the fantastic work University of Iowa faculty and staff have accomplished this year.

Kevin Washburn, College of Law professor and former dean, has been elected to the 2025 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Christopher Merrill, director of the International Writing Program (IWP) at the University of Iowa and an award-winning poet, writer, and editor, will receive the 2025 Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature from Words Without Borders.

The Iowa Board of Regents has selected six outstanding University of Iowa faculty members to be honored for their extraordinary contributions and sustained record of excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.

Four University of Iowa faculty members have been selected as recipients of the Iowa Mid-Career Faculty Scholar Awards for 2025.