Scott Baalrud, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has won a $750,000 Early Career Research Program award from the U.S. Department of Energy to advance his research into using fusion energy for electricity production.

Taylor Austin is a recipient of the 2016 American Association for Dental Research (AADR) Student Research Fellowship. The fellowship consists of a flat $2,100 stipend and $600 for travel expenses. She will also receive a $2,900 supplement from the UI Dental Student Research Program.

Allison Bruhn, Carol Klose Smith, and Armeda Stevenson Wojciak received grants from the Center for Educational Transformation at the University of Northern Iowa.

Morgan Brittain, from Winterset, Iowa, has been selected for an internship at the Smithsonian Institution’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

A team of marketing students from the Tippie College of Business recently took first place in the Alliant Energy University Challenge Case Competition, held at the University of Iowa April 9.

A team of UI students that grew dozens of heads of lettuce in PVC pipes via hydroponics was named the winner of the Frontier-Tippie Impact Competition this semester.

This year, about 4,930 University of Iowa students will be recognized at spring 2016 commencement ceremonies, which begin May 12 with the College of Pharmacy commencement, and end June 3.

President Harreld: "We will not tolerate anything but a safe and inclusive campus for students of all backgrounds. No one should feel that their race or any aspect of their identity makes them a target. This kind of violence is unacceptable and must be denounced by the entire community."

Ryan Boudreau, UI assistant professor of internal medicine, has received a three-year, $438,657 Young Investigator award from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust to investigate regulatory mechanisms that control when and where proteins are made within heart cells.

On May 4, the University of Iowa Police Department issued a Crime Alert after learning one of our students reported a racially motivated attack. We are saddened and outraged by the horrible event that transpired Saturday evening. This kind of violence is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.

The UI's Studio Arts programs have been in temporary quarters since the 2008 flood damaged their main buildings. This week, the departments are moving back to campus and into a new building.

A University of Chicago political science professor quoted in U.S. News & World Report points out that for months, the Tippie College of Business' Iowa Electronic Markets political prediction market has given a higher probability that Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination for president.