Kang Zhao, Leonard A. Hadley professor of business analytics and department executive officer, has been named the new associate dean of the Tippie College of Business.

The Innovation Awards highlight, recognize, and celebrate exemplary nurse innovators who improve patient safety and health outcomes within their communities.

A longtime University of Iowa initiative has been recognized by a leading national organization for its excellence and exemplary best practices. Campus Compact, the largest national coalition of colleges and universities dedicated to community engagement, has bestowed its Excellence in Community-Engaged Partnership Award on the Initiative for Sustainable Communities (IISC).

Jun Wang, University of Iowa’s Lichtenberger Family Chair in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, was awarded the 2024 Joanne Simpson Medal for mid-career scientists in recognition of significant contributions to Earth and space science.

The Center for Social Science Innovation (CSSI) recently accepted four participants for its spring 2025 Grant Writing Residency Program.

Erin Lane, University of Iowa school counseling and counselor education and supervision clinical assistant professor, received the 2024 School Counselor Advocate of the Year Award from the Iowa School Counselor Association (ISCA).The award recognizes an individual or group whose advocacy of school counseling services has had a positive effect on school counseling on a local, state or national level.

On July 15, Jill Kolesar became the 10th dean of the University of Iowa (UI) College of Pharmacy. In addition to her role as dean, she is a professor of pharmaceutical sciences and experimental therapeutics, holding the Jean M. Schmidt Chair in Drug Discovery. In this interview, Kolesar discusses her research, her motivation for becoming dean, and her long-term goals/excitement for the future of Iowa Pharmacy.

Inspired by first responders training, Krista Davidson, a clinical professor in the Department of Communications Sciences and Disorders in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, developed a speech-generating application to assist first responders when communicating with nonspeaking individuals.

Chemical and biochemical engineering professor Hyeongmin Seo was awarded $1.5 million to contribute to the Global Center for Sustainable Bioproducts. Seo, who joined the College of Engineering this year, will further investigate the chemistry of biomass, or organic waste such as scraps of wood or agricultural residue, and how to turn organic waste into renewable and biodegradable plastics for use in products, such as environmental sensors.

To solve one of space science’s most enduring puzzles, University of Iowa researchers have been awarded a $733,873 NASA grant to investigate how turbulence in the solar wind heats plasma. Led by University of Iowa Professor Gregory Howes and Dr. Daniel McGinnis, the team will utilize data from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft to uncover the mechanisms behind this turbulent dissipation, aiming to protect Earth from the impacts of extreme space weather.