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Emily Wieder

Risk-taking, resistance, and surrealism

Monday, July 29, 2024
As a recipient of the 2024 Stanley Award for International Research, Emily Wieder will travel to Paris this fall to present her research on women surrealists who resisted the Nazis at the International Society for the Study of Surrealism’s annual conference.
Dominic Dongilli at the zoo

Breaking through the cage

Friday, July 26, 2024
Using the Smithsonian Institutions’ collection of resources, doctoral student Dominic Dongilli explores the relationship between zoos and American culture.
Robert Becker, PhD

Planning cities and books

Friday, July 26, 2024
Robert Becker, PhD, says Iowa’s urban planning program shaped his 50-year career and was influential on his first novel on disaster recovery in New Orleans.
Fulbright Map for 2024

16 students, alumni receive Fulbright awards to travel abroad in 2024-25

The students will teach English abroad, serve in local community organizations, enroll in graduate studies at cutting-edge universities, and conduct research and creative arts projects.
IISC students presenting in Dubuque

IISC celebrates Dubuque partnership

Thursday, May 9, 2024
The Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities celebrated its community efforts with the City of Dubuque.
Headshot of Ashby Martin

Science of language

Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Third-year doctoral student Ashby Martin sees numbers as language. His research on bilingual children examines the neurological impact of shifting between an individual's two languages.
Konna Zoga stands with her arms folded and a smile on her face in front of her lab bench. She wears a white coat and black glasses.

A path forward

Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Fifth-year doctoral student Konstantina (Konna) Zoga's work advances research on bacterial biofilm infections on medical implants. Zoga came to Iowa to pursue her PhD in chemical and biochemical engineering after completing her previous degrees in Greece.
Kasturi Varadarajan

Varadarajan wins Graduate College's Outstanding Mentor Award

Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Computer science professor has mentored 8 doctoral students to completion with a 9th in progress. He has also advised over 70 master’s students on course choices needed for completion of their programs.
Andrew Jezewski

Postdoc examines impact of fungal priority pathogen Cryptococcus

Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Andrew Jezewski researches how Cryptococcus grows in the brain and how it tolerates carbon dioxide.