Two University of Iowa students are attending a week-long school to learn how to design, build, launch, and recover a rocket. The UI students are the only American students taking part in the prestigious program, which takes place Jan. 21-25 in Norway. It's funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation.

The University of Iowa has received a STARS silver rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System, is a program that measures and encourages sustainability in all aspects of higher education.

Dental researchers at the college have a strong history of pursuing basic, clinical, and translational research in a collaborative and supportive environment with the goal of improving patient care.

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Krystal Parker received a five-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to continue exploring the idea that the cerebellum may play a key role in cognitive function and may be targeted in diseases such as schizophrenia, autism, bipolar disorder, and Parkinson’s disease.

Sato Ashida, professor in the University of Iowa College of Public Health, has used her research to develop a simple booklet that elderly people and their caregivers can use to help prepare for a disaster and also help them quickly get back on their feet afterward.

To ensure that aspiring University of Iowa scientists are learning from humanities professors at the forefront of research in their disciplines, the UI's Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank funds research awards for humanities faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. CLAS administers the grants and selects the recipients..

A study from the University of Iowa College of Public Health finds that eating just one portion of fried food a day leads to a significantly increased probability of an early death, especially in post-menopausal women.

A $285,000 grant from the Iowa Governor’s STEM Council will help the University of Iowa expand its STEM Innovator program, which encourages Iowa middle and high school students to become entrepreneurs or consider careers in innovative STEM fields.

University of Iowa physicists have won funding from NASA to design, build, and test a compact instrument that can measure a wider spectrum of magnetic fields in space. NASA is funding the project, called CHIMERA, at $1,030,000 for three years.

The University of Hartford’s Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies has named author Eduardo Halfon the 2018 Edward Lewis Wallant Award winner for his novel, Mourning.

Jerald L. Schnoor, the Allen S. Henry Chair in Engineering and professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Iowa, has received the American Chemical Society Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology.

The Tippie College of Business received a gold award in the Best Use of Social Media category from CASE District VI this month for summertime student takeover campaigns of the college’s Instagram account.