Vincent Rodgers, professor and director of graduate studies in the UI Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society.

A graduate student in the Department of Biology has been named to the pre-print team at the scientific journal Open Biology. Beth Osia says pre-print submissions are an integral part of the scientific publishing process and an important first stop for feedback for many researchers.

A University of Iowa physicist has been awarded funding from NASA to design and build a special mast that can carry magnetic field instruments outfitted for miniature space satellites.

Books by German poet Anja Kampmann and Colombian novelist Pilar Quintana were honored in the translated literature category, and a forthcoming collection of essays by Jerald Walker was selected in nonfiction.

American Theatre listed Bo Frazier, who received their MFA in directing from the University is Iowa, as one of 19 theater workers people should have on their radar.

A group led by Sara E. Mason at the University of Iowa has obtained renewed funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation to study the environmental safety and human health effect of nanomaterials. Mason’s group is part of a national consortium called the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology.

Lulu Merle Johnson grew up in Iowa, helped end segregation at the University of Iowa, and as a scholar changed our view of slavery. She’s now the new namesake of Johnson County.

New large-scale art pieces grace the University of Iowa campus.

University of Iowa Professor Leslie Margolin's new book, The Etherized Wife: Privilege and Power in Sex Therapy Discourse, will be published Dec.18 by Oxford University Press.

The switch to online courses last spring allowed some faculty to try new pedagogical methods, which they say may remain once all classes return to in-person instruction.

For visiting professor Stephanie Miracle, the time at Iowa is an opportunity to deepen her choreographic research and refine her teaching philosophy, which translates to spending a lot of time with the undergrads. Her contemporary technique classes often oppose typical dance studio etiquette—dancing with a group but acting as if you're a soloist, for example—and encourage students to question...

The Society of Professional Journalists has named Stephen Bloom, professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, the recipient of its coveted Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Award. The national award is given to just one journalism educator each year, and this is the first time that a UI instructor has earned it.