The Iowa Board of Regents has selected six outstanding University of Iowa faculty members to be honored for their extraordinary contributions and sustained record of excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.

Seren Castellano, who is pursuing a double major in biology and anthropology and a minor in ancient civilizations, on March 28 learned she received the 2025 Goldwater Scholarship, the country’s premiere undergraduate scholarship for students pursuing research careers in the sciences, engineering, and math.

Four University of Iowa faculty members have been named 2024 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general-scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.

Four University of Iowa faculty members have been selected as recipients of the Iowa Mid-Career Faculty Scholar Awards for 2025.

Saba Rasheed Ali, associate dean for research and professor of counseling psychology in the College of Education, and Paul A. Romitti, professor of epidemiology in the College of Public Health, have been named recipients of the 2025 University of Iowa Distinguished Chair.

Three University of Iowa faculty members — Kaveh Akbar, Jamel Brinkley, and Charles D’Ambrosio — were recognized with 2025 Awards in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

The University of Iowa will close the Division of Access, Opportunity, and Diversity (DAOD) on March 27, following direction from the Iowa Board of Regents. This action will ensure the university is in compliance with state and federal laws as well as recent changes to accreditation requirements across numerous disciplines.

The U.S. Department of State notified the University of Iowa International Writing program on Feb. 26 that its grants through the department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs were being terminated, stating that the awards “no longer effectuate agency priorities,” nor align “with agency priorities and national interest.”

The New York Times bestselling author discusses the critical acclaim of his novel, Martyr!, and his passion for teaching at the University of Iowa

The 42nd annual Presidential Lecture, titled “Understanding Our Multiple Voices in 21st Century Communication,” will explore how an individual’s voice can be used as a powerful communication tool.

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has again recognized the University of Iowa as a Fulbright Top Producing Institution among doctoral institutions for the U.S. Student Program. This marks the ninth year that Iowa has received this prestigious honor, awarded to U.S. colleges and universities with the highest number of applicants selected for the 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

The 2025 Cancer in Iowa report highlights the array of needs for cancer survivors. The report notes that while there are nearly 172,000 cancer survivors currently living in Iowa, survivor needs vary by cancer type and by each individual survivor.