University of Iowa

Ashby Martin, a third-year doctoral student in the neuroscience program, didn't always want to study the brain. Initially, he wanted to be a librarian. At a young age, he memorized his library card number and looked up to the librarians. "My favorite place to go was the library," he said. "Librarians get to give people knowledge and resources all for free. They give everyone the same access."

The Department of Accounting in the Henry B. Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa has announced the students who have won annual awards presented by the department. The list of honorees included 32 students.

The University of Iowa's Academy for Twice-Exceptionality provides support for talented students including those with autism or ADHD.

The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine's Department of Internal Medicine presented its annual awards recently and four fourth-year students were among the honorees,

Claire Breger-Belsky, who received an MFA in literary translation from the University of Iowa in May 2023, is the winner of a Fulbright Study/Research Grant in translation to Argentina for 2024-25.

A group of graduating students from the University of Iowa College of Public Health have laid a solid foundation for a student organization that focuses on reducing health disparities in rural communities - like the ones they call home.

A new predictive atmospheric model developed at the University of Iowa will allow scientists to forecast and issue warnings for air pollution events in developing countries. The model simulates particulates in the atmosphere to pinpoint both the timing and location of occurrences of air pollution, said Chengzhe Li, a member of the research team.

Twenty students at the University of Iowa will either deliver a speech to their classmates or perform the national anthem at one of the commencement events scheduled on UI campus in the coming weeks. More than 5,300 students will receive their degrees during in-person and livestreamed commencement ceremonies, beginning with the College of Pharmacy's Doctor of Pharmacy ceremony on May 9 and concluding with the College of Dentistry's ceremony on May 31. Other ceremonies will take place between May 9 and May 18.

Alexis Slade, a University of Iowa PhD candidate in civil and environmental engineering, has received the President's Student Leadership Award. The award recognizes an individual student or a student organization that models a deep commitment to civic responsibility and leadership. This is evidenced by initiative, innovative and collaborative approaches to addressing public issues, effective community building, and integration of civic engagement into the college experience.

A team of biomedical engineering students at the University of Iowa are turning their senior design project into a business venture. The four-person senior design team laid the groundwork for commercializing a novel prosthetic device for the lower leg that can adjust as children grow. The adaptable below-the-knee pediatric prosthesis showed enough promise the students filed for a provisional patent and formed a limited liability company, GroLimb, LLC.

Last month, several graduate students from the Department of Biostatistics held an introductory coding and biostatistics workshop with fourth through sixth grade girls participating in the Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County's (NCJC) after school program in Iowa City. Amy Wu was one of the students coordinating the workshop, and we recently asked her some questions about this new student-led community engagement initiative.

Twenty students at the Univesity of Iowa will either deliver a speech to their classmates or perform the national anthem at one of the commencement events scheduled on UI campus in the coming weeks. More than 5,300 students will receive their degrees during in-person and livestreamed commencement ceremonies, beginning with the College of Pharmacy's Doctor of Pharmacy ceremony on May 9 and concluding with the College of Dentistry's ceremony on May 31. Other ceremonies will take place between May 9 and May 18.

Physical activity has always played a big role in Maggie McQuillen's life. "I've been working out my whole life. I played four sports in high school," McQuillen says. "When I started taking classes for exercise science, I loved it right away."

Benton Renaud can thank rapper Cardi B, in part, for inspiring him to go down his planned career path.

Months and months of fundraising and planning. Twenty-four hours of dancing. Finally, the numbers went up: $1,454,929.30 raised for pediatric cancer patients being treated at University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital. "I'd been up for more than 30 hours, and my feet were really hurting, but when that final total board went up, everything just went away," says Sushma Santhana, executive director for the UI's 30th Dance Marathon. "It was awesome to see all the hard work we all did come together."

As senior legal counsel at a financial technology company in Des Moines, Iowa, Brian Damman spends his time giving legal and strategic advice across several areas of the organization, such as marketing, sales, product, finance, and the executive team. He realized that he provided the most useful advice when he better understood the areas that they focused on.

Treatment for a childhood stutter led Abbi Shekleton to her future professional passion. "I had a great experience with my speech-language pathologist. She really cultivated a love of the field within me," says Shekleton, who grew up in Princeton, Iowa. "I saw a lot of potential in what can happen with a therapist who is kind, compassionate, and knowledgeable. I thought, 'I want to be that person for someone else.'"

Fifteen University of Iowa students and alumni were chosen from more than 10,000 Fulbright Award applicants nationwide to serve as representatives of the U.S. Department of State in 12 countries during the 2024-25 academic year. The students will teach English abroad, serve in local community organizations, enroll in graduate studies at cutting-edge universities, and conduct research and creative arts projects.

University of Iowa global health studies major Isabel Rushton of Iowa City, Iowa, has been awarded a 2024 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study in Malang, Indonesia, this summer for an intensive Indonesian language program.

University of Iowa international relations major Kahiwa Sachs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been awarded a 2024 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study in Nizwa, Oman, this summer for an intensive Arabic language program.

Three University of Iowa undergraduates -- Brianna Blaine, Mostafa Telfah, and Lydia Watkins -- have won the 2024 Iowa Neuroscience Institute Summer Scholar Awards. The INI Summer Scholar Program supports Iowa undergraduates planning to pursue research during the summer in the lab of an INI faculty member. As INI Summer Scholars, the students receive a stipend of $5,000 and have the opportunity to attend a summer undergraduate seminar series and a variety of informal events.

University of Iowa international relations and French (Arabic track) major Adelaide Brooks of Ankeny, Iowa, has been awarded a 2024 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study in Meknes, Morocco, this summer for an intensive Arabic language program.

University of Iowa music major Kim Lybrand of Ashland, Missouri, has been awarded a 2024 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study at Pusan National University in Busan, South Korea, this summer for an intensive Korean language program.

University of Iowa psychology major Shefa'a Tawil of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been awarded a 2024 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study in Meknes, Morocco, this summer for an intensive Arabic language program.

The Writing University conducts a series of interviews with writers while they are in Iowa City participating in the various University of Iowa writing programs. We sit down with authors to ask about their work, their process and their descriptions of home.

University of Iowa finance major Maya Anikiej of Elmhurst, Illinois, has been awarded a 2024 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study in Gwanju, South Korea, this summer for an intensive Korean language program.

The Writing University conducts a series of interviews with writers while they are in Iowa City participating in the various University of Iowa writing programs. We sit down with authors to ask about their work, their process and their descriptions of home.

The Writing University conducts a series of interviews with writers while they are in Iowa City participating in the various University of Iowa writing programs. We sit down with authors to ask about their work, their process and their descriptions of home.

ra Javaheri was figuratively existing in the middle of her triangle of happiness - literature, translation, and English - when she realized that something was missing in her life's literary work. For someone who always has had a Farsi book to read in one hand and an English one to translate in the other, she hadn't yet shared the impactful stories of Iranian authors with the world.

Victoria Priola is determined to uncover the mysteries behind prehistoric textiles and ceramic textile tools. The Pennsylvania native and 2023 Archaeology of Portugal Fellow is currently in her sixth year at the University of Ioaw's Anthropology the graduate program, studying ancient textile production in southwestern Iberia during the Copper Age and early Bronze Age (approximately 3000-2000 BCE).