Cramer has been named president-elect of the American Geosciences Institute and received the Geological Society of America’s 50 Under 50 Award, recognizing his contributions to the field.

Ten years ago, three University of Iowa arts buildings opened with great fanfare, marking a major milestone in the university’s recovery from the devastating 2008 flood. Together, the buildings represented more than a return to campus; they sparked a new era for the arts at Iowa.

The Iowa Writers’ Workshop professor emerita will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award this fall.

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Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used by social service agencies to handle cases involving child abuse, intimate partner violence, and elder abuse. But a CLAS researcher and former social worker says the agencies need to establish safeguards to ensure that AI technology does not lead to bias against vulnerable or disadvantaged populations.

CLAS alumnus and Iowa native Scott Dunn reflects on his unconventional career path, which began in medicine and has taken him around the world as a pianist and conductor.

CLAS faculty member Jeffrey Cockburn combines psychology, neuroscience, and computer science to explore how the brain makes predictions and improve mental health care.

She Shelf, a newly formed student organization at the University of Iowa, is working to end period poverty in the Iowa City community.

Poet Brenda Hillman, who earned an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 1976, is a 2026 finalist for the prestigious National Book Award.

Nicholas Boggs has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Truman Capote Literary Trust Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin, administered by the Iowa Writers' Workshop.