Chifan received the award alongside coauthors Adrian Ioana, Denis Osin, and Bin Sun for their paper, “Wreath-like Products of Groups and Their von Neumann Algebras I: W-Superrigidity,”* published in the Annals of Mathematics in 2023.

Tom Lin, a University of Iowa assistant professor who teaches English and creative writing, is winning national acclaim as a novelist.

University of Iowa Professor Gary Pierce has been inducted into the National Academy of Kinesiology, one of the highest honors in the field, recognizing his scholarship and leadership. 

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.

Dana Thomann, University of Iowa associate professor of instruction in rhetoric, has been named the 2026 Hudson Prize winner for her story collection, Erratics.

Christopher Merrill has been named the 15th recipient of the Paul Engle Prize, presented by the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature organization.

Caroline Tolbert is recognized with the Frank J. Goodnow Award for her sustained service to the profession of political science. The award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association.

Alberto Segre, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science,, and Carol Severino, professor of rhetoric in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences were among 4 other faculty receiving the award.

Anna Stanhewicz, associate professor in the University of Iowa Department of Health, Sport, and Human Physiology, has received the 2026 Henry Pickering Bowditch Award from the American Physiological Society, honoring excellence as an early career scholar. An emerging leader in women’s cardiovascular physiology, her research focuses on microvascular dysfunction and the links between pregnancy complications and long-term heart and metabolic disease risk. As part of the award, she will present a lecture at the American Physiology Summit in April 2026.

Stephen G. Bloom, professor emeritus in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, recently won the Knudson Latin America Prize from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication for his memoir The Brazil Chronicles.