The University of Iowa has won the single largest externally funded research project in its history, a $115 million contract awarded to Craig Kletzing, professor in the UI Department of Physics and Astronomy. Kletzing’s team will study the connection between the magnetic fields of the Earth and sun.

It’s no coincidence that several researchers from Harvard recently migrated to the UI. Drawn by the Iowa Neuroscience Institute, Aaron Boes, Tracey Cho, Joel Geerling, and Joseph Glykys cite the collaborative environment, support for young investigators, and the opportunity to launch independent labs among the reasons they chose UI.

The UI College of Pharmacy's student chapter of the American College of Veterinary Pharmacists is an active group of animal lovers and fans of compounding pharmacy that uses its compounding skills to advance veterinary medicine.

The Librarian of Congress announced the appointment of Joy Harjo, Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumna, as the nation’s 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2019-20. Harjo will begin her duties in the fall, opening the library’s annual literary season on Sept. 19 with a reading of her work.

Iowa Writers' Workshop alumna Joy Harjo was named U.S. poet laureate, the first Native American poet to hold the post.

The University of Iowa’s State Fair Working Group seeks faculty, staff, and student volunteers for the UI booth at the Iowa State Fair Aug. 8–18 in Des Moines.

Iowa Writers' Workshop alumna Joy Harjo was named the first Native American U.S. poet laureate. Harjo received an MFA from the UI in 1970.

University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital is listed among the nation’s best in six specialties, according to the new 2019-20 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings published online by “U.S. News & World Report,” the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice.

The University of Iowa is participating in the 2019 Corridor Corporate Games, a series of competitions among Cedar Rapids and Iowa City organizations that promote teamwork, esprit de corps, and wellness. Events run until July 31.

Four distinguished College of Liberal Arts and Sciences alumni have been honored as Alumni Fellows and invited to campus to speak to classes, meet with small groups of faculty and students, and make a public presentation based on their experiences since leaving the University of Iowa.

This year’s €100,000 International Dublin Literary Award was won by 33-year-old U.S. author Emily Ruskovich for her debut novel, Idaho.

Maurine Neiman, associate professor in the Department of Biology, comments on a study contending that sexual reproduction in multi-cellular organisms may have provided evolutionary defense against cancer and other malignant cells.