Honored

Md Shahriar Mahmud Selected as Inaugural Simons Dissertation Fellow in Mathematics
Md Shahriar Mahmud, applied mathematics Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mathematics,  has been named to the first class of Simons Dissertation Fellows in Mathematics, an honor announced this July by the Simons Foundation. This prestigious fellowship, established in memory of the foundation’s late co-founder Jim Simons, provides research support to exceptional…

August 25, 2025
Rana Parshad and colleagues awarded NSF grant to predict and control blood vessel growth
Rana Parshad, associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, along with colleagues Aishwarya Pawar (Department of Engineering), Ratul Chouwhury (Department of Chemical and Bio Engineering), and Jeff Essner (Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology), have been awarded an NSF grant to develop a novel multiscale digital twin framework to…

August 25, 2025
Samuel Piccone awarded Miller Williams Poetry Prize
Samuel Piccone, lecturer in the Department of English, has been awarded the 2026 Miller Williams Poetry Prize from the University of Arkansas Press. Piccone will receive a $5,000 cash prize, and his manuscript Domestica will be published in the Miller Williams Poetry Series in the spring of 2026. More information…

August 25, 2025
Linda Shenk awarded grant from Iowa Nutrient Research Center
Linda Shenk, Professor in the Department of English, as PI, has been awarded a $192,000 grant from the Iowa Nutrient Research Center (INRC) for the project, Building Resources for Integrated Decision-making for aGricultural Engagement (BRIDGE). BRIDGE integrates mapping tools with techniques grounded in storytelling and cognitive science to support farmers,…

August 12, 2025
Michael Golemo awarded Karl King Distinguished Service Award
Michael Golemo, Director of Bands in the Department of Music and Theater, was recently awarded the 2025 “Karl King Distinguished Service Award” from the Iowa Bandmasters Association. This is their highest honor, awarded annually to an active band director in the state of Iowa.

August 4, 2025
Michael Bugeja to receive Honorary Doctorate of Literature at the University of Malta
Michael Bugeja, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, has been selected for an Honorary Doctorate of Literature at the University of Malta. He will receive the honor at a ceremony in November at the University of Malta.

August 4, 2025
Debra Marquart awarded Winter 2025 Prose award from Narrative Magazine
Debra Marquart, Distinguished Professor in the Department of English, was recently awarded the Winter 2025 Prose Award from Narrative Magazine for her essay, “How Fish Learned to Sing.” The essay is a chapter from Marquart’s in progress memoir by the same name, which is about her lifetime love affair with…

August 4, 2025
Paul Spry named a Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Paul Spry, emeritus professor in the Department of the Earth, Atmosphere and Climate was was recently named a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

August 4, 2025