January news from OVPR

The university is continuing to monitor communications from federal agencies that may impact UI research, including the freeze at the National Institutes of Health. At this time, the freeze is set to lift after Feb. 1. We ask that researchers and administrators share all agency communications related to their sponsored projects with the Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP) at dsp@uiowa.edu. We will communicate important updates to campus as they become available.

As we navigate this situation, we also look forward to the opportunities that a new semester offers. Below, explore events, tools and programs to take your research to the next level, whether you are submitting a funding proposal, sharing your work with public audiences, or seeking inspiration for your scholarship. 

Photo collage of the 80 researchers featured in the 2025 Dare to Discover banner campaign

Downtown banners feature student and postdoc research and creative activity

Eighty undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers from a variety of disciplines are featured in the latest installment of the campaign.

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Upgrades to research recruitment emails in 2025

The changes to these messages include a new look and feel, improved functionality for the audience, and best practices for researchers.

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5 tools to enhance your research and scholarship in the new year

Explore resources available through the OVPR to help researchers, scholars, and creators across our campus achieve their research goals.

A researcher looking at data on a computer screen

4 things to know about the UI's research data policies

These guidelines protect sensitive data, ensure compliance, promote open science, and support the university's mission to leverage discovery for societal impact.

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Creative Matters returns on Feb. 12 with Donald Nally and David Lang in conversation with Ann Howard Jones

Donald Nally, conductor of the Crossing and David Lang, composer and University of Iowa alum, will be in conversation moderated by Ann Howard Jones (BM ‘64, MM 66’, DMA ‘84) as part of the Creative Matters lecture series. 

Collage of faculty authors Brady G'Sell and Meena Khandelwal with the cover art for their books.

Book Matters on Feb. 25 highlights works by Brady G'Sell and Meena Khandelwal

Join us at Prairie Lights as we celebrate recently published books by Brady G'Sell and Meena Khandelwal, faculty in the departments of Anthropology and Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies, in a discussion moderated by associate professor Elana Buch.

Portrait of Mark Simpson-Vos

Obermann Center for Advanced Studies to host inaugural editor-in-residence

Mark Simpson-Vos, senior executive editor at The University of North Carolina Press, will offer a faculty book proposal workshop, an interactive graduate student session, and a public lecture during a visit on April 17 and 18.

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CSSI invites applicants for inaugural CSSI Faculty Research Fellowships

Apply by March 3 for this fellowship program, which will support tenure-track CLAS faculty conducting high-impact social science research.

As a part of the P3-funded Writing for the Public Good initiative, the University of Iowa is an institutional member of The Conversation, an independent news organization dedicated to unlocking the knowledge of academic experts for the public good. Here's a look at recent work published by campus authors.

Funding public schools based on enrollment in the previous year may help keep their budgets more stable, research shows

By Angie Nga Le, postdoctoral associate in public policy and public finance, Rutgers University; Phuong Nguyen-Hoang, professor, School of Planning and Public Affairs, University of Iowa 

In eyeing Greenland, Trump is echoing long-held American designs on the Arctic expanse

By Colin Gordon, professor, Department of History, University of Iowa

Meet phosphine, a gas commonly used for industrial fumigation that can damage your lungs, heart and liver

By Aliasger Salem, associate vice president for research and Bighley Chair and Professor of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Iowa

 

 

"It’s very possible that within long Covid, there’s different disease types."

Upinder Singh, MD, professor of internal medicine-infectious diseases in the Carver College of Medicine, in the Jan. 6 The New York Times article, "Paxlovid Improved Long Covid Symptoms in Some Patients, Researchers Report.

 

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