The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has named six recipients of the Collegiate Teaching Award for 2018-2019.

Tianbao Yang, assistant professor in the UI Department of Computer Science, won an NSF CAREER award. The five-year, $529,000 award will fund research to advance machine learning with complex objectives and constraints by designing and analyzing efficient and effective optimization algorithms for addressing computational challenges in new machine learning paradigms.

Katrina Sanders, University of Iowa College of Education associate professor, has been awarded a 2019 Sabbatical Research Grant, funded by the Lily Endowment through the Louisville Institute, to complete a book titled, "The Rise and Fall of Black Catholic Education in a Changing South, 1886-1976."

Jane Nachtman, physics and astronomy professor at the University of Iowa, is profiled for her achievements in particle physics and for her leadership and mentorship to women seeking careers in science.

Brady Krien, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English at the University of Iowa, has been recognized for making exceptional contributions in the classroom and beyond with the 2019 Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Excellence in Teaching Award. Krien is the UI’s first recipient of this award.

Ronald McMullen, the university's Ambassador in Residence and lecturer in the Department of Political Science, has been awarded the 2018-19 International Engagement Teaching Award by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and International Programs. The award recognizes faculty members who excel at integrating internationalism into their teaching.

A new study from the University of Iowa finds that women are less likely to get help for a drinking problem and are more likely to believe the problem will get better on its own. The study suggests strategies should be developed that focus particularly on women.

Christopher Cooper, a pediatric urologist at the University of Iowa, began researching the issue of school children's bathroom access after noticing a high frequency of urinary tract infections and higher rates of voiding dysfunction among his young patients.

Faculty members who’ve successfully landed national publicity either on their own or with assistance from the Office of Strategic Communication say that engaging the public about their research can create opportunities that advance or develop their research and career, such as increased grant funding, and helps promote the university.

The University of Iowa search committee for the new associate vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion has selected four final candidates. The candidates will visit campus in March to participate in public forums and meet with administrators, faculty, staff, and students.

Danny Tallon is a third-year physics major, a published co-author on two scientific papers, and a cadet in the University of Iowa’s Air Force ROTC program who aims to have a military career studying space—or perhaps visiting it himself.

A new gallery of biomedical research images is on display on the ground floor of the Carver Biomedical Research Building. The images, each measuring 5 feet in diameter and mounted on back-lit frames, highlight the breadth of foundational research conducted in the Carver College of Medicine.