Sue Hettmansperger, professor emeritus in the School of Art and Art History, will present a one-person exhibition of her artwork (painting and collage) at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania.

New Scientist features a study by Department of Biology associate professor Andrew Forbes and graduate student Anna Ward that report a type of parasitic wasp, the crypt-keeper wasp, preys on at least seven other, unrelated species of wasps to better ensure its survival.

Cornelia Lang, associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, speaks to The Atlantic about mysterious filaments emanating from the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

Calvin Hennick, who earned a bachelor's degree in English in 2004 from the University of Iowa, has won the Pushcart Editors' Book Award for his new book, Once More To The Rodeo: A Memoir.

Omar Chowdhury, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, has won a Young Faculty Award from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to study threats to cellular phone networks. Chowdury receives $497,000 for two years.

The University of Iowa's International Writing Program welcomes 29 writers from 26 countries to its 11-week Fall Residency for writing and cultural exchange, hosted with support from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. State Department and the UI in Iowa City, a UNESCO City of Literature.

Leslie Schwalm, University of Iowa professor of history and chair of the Department of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies, has been named as a North American Teaching Partner with the Colored Conventions Project.

Steve Goddard, the new dean of the University of Iowa's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, took a unique path from his parents' farm to a career in higher education. In this interview, Goddard discusses his life's trajectory, academic philosophy, and the first-gen student experience.

Not long after receiving the largest research award in its history, the University of Iowa welcomed top officials from NASA, who toured Iowa facilities and lauded the meaningful work being done by researchers and students.

Jim Bridenstine, the top administrator of NASA, and other high-ranking representatives from the space agency, visited the University of Iowa to learn about Iowa's legacy in space exploration and involvement in current NASA-funded missions, including TRACERS, a $115 million NASA contact award to Iowa — the largest in school history.

Researchers at the University of Iowa have won $3.5 million from NASA to launch two rockets in late 2021 that will study electrical currents between the Earth’s magnetosphere and an active, upper layer of its atmosphere that can yield auroras.

Jane Huffman, grants and funding manager for the Iowa Youth Writing Project, was awarded a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation.