Assistant Professor Casey DeRoo has received the Collegiate Teaching Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) at the University of Iowa. Collegiate Teaching Awards are given each year to faculty who demonstrate outstanding performance in the classroom, laboratory, or studio.

Jodie McLennan, a graduate student studying pulsating aurora, was awarded a NASA FINESST (Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology) Fellowship covering her graduate work for the next three years.

The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant to Prof. Wayne Polyzou that will support a research collaboration with particle physics students in Poland and Ukraine. The $300,000 grant from the NSF’s Office of International Science and Engineering is part of the International Multilateral Partnerships for Resilient Education and Science System in Ukraine (IMPRESS-U) program.

Dr. Usha Mallik, age 77, distinguished physicist of the University of Iowa died tragically Sunday, August 4, 2024, from injuries in a car accident north of Iowa City. She worked extensively in CERN, the world’s largest particle physics laboratory. In 2020, Dr. Mallik received a University of Iowa award for being a mentor to students and faculty as well as her service to the global “high energy physics” community. A time of gathering for family and friends will be held from 1 to 4 pm Saturday, August 17th. at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City where remarks can be shared beginning at 2pm.

Dr. Dustin Swarm, a postdoctoral research scholar in the University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy was selected as one of five Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellows by the NASA Astrophysics Division. This early-career award for instrumentalists working in NASA Astrophysics supports the advancement of their ideas for new technologies to further the exploration of the universe. 

Dr. Usha Mallik, an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Iowa was killed and four others were injured in a four-vehicle crash near Solon, Iowa early Sunday evening.

Prof. Jane Nachtman has received a $460,000 grant from the Fermi Research Alliance to work on neutrino detectors as part of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at Fermilab.

Professor Jasper Halekas has been selected to serve on the National Academies of Sciences' Panel on Atmospheric Science and Space Physics, which will identify atmospheric science and space physics objectives for human exploration of the surface of Mars.

Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Casey DeRoo appeared on Iowa Public Radio's River to River program on July 26, talking about the latest discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope, what we've learned about black holes, and how galaxies are formed.

Using data from the TRICE-2 rocket launch, NASA scientist Francesca Di Mare and Gregory Howes from the University of Iowa have discovered a new energization process in the upper atmosphere.