Trudy Huskamp Peterson, University of Iowa alumna and former acting archivist of the United States, circles the globe to assist in organizing and safeguarding human rights records.

Members of the UI ASME club at the College of Engineering are building a solar car with hopes of competing in a cross-country race and visiting all 99 Iowa counties. To make their dream come true, they are trying to raise $80,000 through fundraising and sponsorship.

The new undergraduate degree in creative writing offered by the University of Iowa Department of English further cements Iowa's distinction as “The Writing University,” a destination for writers from all over the world.

The Annex at the Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences offers additional classroom and research space, including a fluids workshop with high-tech wind tunnel, water channel, towing tank, and channel flume. The Annex also houses the college’s expanded Student Development Center, which offers academic and career counseling.

Luther Smith’s achievements were many. A Tuskegee Airmen pilot, he was a decorated World War II hero. He experienced discrimination throughout his life, especially after the war when he worked as an aerospace engineer, a time when few black men or women held such positions. He was also a Hawkeye.

Rural hospitals will continue to affiliate with larger hospitals in order to maintain essential health services in sparsely populated areas, says Keith Mueller, professor of health management and policy in the College of Public Health and director of the Center for Health Policy in the Rural Policy Research Institute.

A national network of academic research institutions, funded by the National Institutes of Health and led by the University of Iowa, is accelerating the clinical trial process for neurological diseases with the expectation of bringing drugs to market in less time, with less money and less risk.

The University of Iowa’s Vaughan Institute for Risk Management and Insurance was ranked among the top 20 undergraduate insurance and risk management programs in the country by Best’s Review, an industry trade publication.

The University of Iowa has again been named a top producer of Fulbright students for 2017–18 with 16 recipients, marking the third year in a row the university has achieved the elite ranking.

A UI College of Public Health study that found intimate partner violence can double the risk of some types of birth complications for pregnant women has been honored by the Royal Academy of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

UI College of Dentistry students focus on a variety of topics, from improved ways to apply dental sealants to a woman’s risk of having a baby with a cleft palate if she consumes alcohol during her pregnancy. Graduate student Frankie Chyi is studying the connection between dentistry and socioeconomic status.

Lin Hwai-min came to the University of Iowa as an International Writing Program participant, then joined the Writers’ Workshop. A few years later—and after a life-altering dance class—he founded Taiwan’s first professional dance company.