The National Science Foundation has awarded Assistant Professor Tom Folland a $604,691 grant for a project that will determine how certain classes of crystals can be used to control both direction, and orientation of light waves. These materials can form a key part of creating advanced optical technologies including laser imaging, optical biosensors, and quantum optics.

A team of University of Iowa researchers led by College of Nursing Associate Professor Amany Farag, has been awarded a three-year, $1 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to implement and evaluate the usability and effectiveness of an electronic student medication record aimed at reducing medication errors in K-12 schools. 

Durham, a media and gender studies researcher in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was interviewed in the popular documentary.

Researchers from the University of Iowa will play a key role in boosting Iowa’s position as a leader in bioscience and advanced manufacturing through a new project sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

University of Iowa Professor Carrie Figdor has recently been awarded a grant from Templeton to support her research.

University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication professor David Dowling will give the keynote address at an international conference that is being organized around his 2021 book release. The conference is called The Future of Technological Mediation in Journalism and the Media and will take place at the University of Paris. Dowling will present research from his book titled The...

The University of Iowa Dance Gala will perform at Hancher Auditorium for the first time in two years — and will include a poignant performance inspired by mental illness.

Scott Spak, associate professor in the School of Planning and Public Affairs and senior research fellow at the Public Policy Center at the University of Iowa, has been chosen to serve on an advisory panel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Spak will be a member of the EPA's Science Advisory Board and will evaluate a model utilized by the EPA to measure changes in adverse health effects...

Kalpaj Parekh has been named chair and departmental executive officer of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery with University of Iowa Health Care, following a national search. Parekh’s appointment is effective Nov. 1. He has served as interim chair of the department since September 2021. The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, approved the university’s request to establish a freestanding...