Four University of Iowa faculty members have been selected as recipients of the Iowa Mid-Career Faculty Scholar Awards for 2025. The award, which is in its fourth year, provides funding and development opportunities for tenured mid-career faculty who have established national or international reputations in their disciplines and demonstrate exceptional teaching and mentorship.

Four University of Iowa faculty members have been named 2024 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general-scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.

Samantha Barbas, Aliber Family Chair in Law and professor in the College of Law, shares about the impact of history and free speech on her work.

Seven University of Iowa faculty members have been invited to the National Academy of Medicine's (NAM) 2025 Emerging Leaders Forum, scheduled for April 8-9, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

Five University of Iowa faculty members—Paula Amad, Justin Cosner, Julie Gros-Louis, Jennifer Sterling, and Lori Wallrath—were named recipients of the 2025 Hubbard-Walder Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Saba Rasheed Ali, associate dean for research and professor of counseling psychology in the College of Education, and Paul A. Romitti, professor of epidemiology in the College of Public Health, have been named recipients of the 2025 University of Iowa Distinguished Chair.

Diane Lourdes Dick, Charles E. Floete Distinguished Professor of Law in the College of Law, shares about balance and multitasking.

Michael Sauder, professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences shares about community connections.

The 2025 Lola Lopes Award for Undergraduate Student Advocacy has been awarded to Shaun Vecera, director of the University of Iowa Honors Program and professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.