Articles from November 2023
![Francisco Javier Espinosa Momox](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/JavierHeadshot%20%281%29.jpeg?h=a0488ea9&itok=R7RwOYP9)
CLAS ceramics graduate student creates project showcasing Mexican artists
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Second-year graduate student Francisco Javier Espinosa Momox was one of 22 winners of the Stanley Award for International Research this year.
![David Ramotowski](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/David%20Ramotowski%2010-23%20landscape_0.jpg?h=5dae627e&itok=zr_r1EtM)
3MT winner exploring how to use corn to mitigate PCBs, improve public health
Monday, November 27, 2023
David Ramotowski won this year’s Three Minute Thesis competition, in which graduate students share their research in three minutes or less to a general audience.
![Drew Bonner](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/Bonner.jpeg?h=b498015c&itok=64P0GZv_)
Stepping up Hawkeye Marching Band performances
Monday, November 20, 2023
Grad student Drew Bonner helps arranges music, drills for the Hawkeye Marching Band.
![Justin Torres](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/Justin%20Torres%20%28Credit%20JJ%20Geiger%29.jpg?h=6cdacd9c&itok=ALB1zWDu)
Writers' Workshop graduate wins the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Justin Torres was honored by the National Book Foundation for his novel Blackouts.
![UI International Parents of the Year Mohammad Sayeed Hossain and Nasrina Parvin.](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/Rezwan_Parents.jpg?h=c22c6f3a&itok=MTowiBbH)
2023 International Parents of the Year
Monday, November 13, 2023
International Programs presented the award to Mohammad Sayeed Hossain and Nasrina Parvin, who were nominated by their son, Rezwan Mohammad Sayeed, a PhD candidate in the College of Engineering.
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Mohammad Sayeed Hossain and Nasrina Parvin
![Zachary Graham](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2024-07/Zachary-Graham.jpg?h=2a479378&itok=b-leVLMd)
Iowa graduate student becomes Pat Tillman scholar
Sunday, November 12, 2023
As a veteran and a third-year graduate student at the UI College of Dentistry, Zachary Graham has been able to pull various similarities between his school work and his time spent serving.
![Lulu Merle Johnson](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/Lulu%20later%20in%20life.jpg?h=4596474a&itok=g_bzH6oA)
CLAS graduate student uncovers history and discovers stories through assistantship
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Position created by CLAS and Johnson County allows nonfiction student to record the remarkable story of Johnson County’s new eponym.
![Farnaz Fatahi Moghadam](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/Farnaz.jpg?h=76795935&itok=S5kNvhEH)
Five Questions with Farnaz Fatahi Moghadam
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Moghadam and her husband moved to Iowa City from Iran in 2022, so that he could pursue a PhD in Chemical Engineering.