Juhl, a sophomore studying genetics and biotechnology with minors in Spanish and sociology, will be participating in a liberal arts study abroad program through CIEE in Santiago, Chile, during the fall 2025 semester.

Maya Monk never could have predicted when she went looking for a research opportunity at the University of Iowa that she would end up working with 13,600-year-old mastodon bones. “It’s been such an incredible experience to get to work on this,” says Monk, who will graduate this spring with a BS in biology.

Katheryn Rothenberg, assistant professor in the Department of Biology, received $382,644 for work to explore the role of a particular protein—Rap1 GTPase—in controlling cell migration.

Third-year student Seren Castellano, double major in biology and anthropology and a minor in ancient civilizations, was named a 2025 Goldwater Scholar, the nation’s most prestigious scholarship for undergraduate students pursuing careers in research.

There is short and paid internship opportunity for students interested in communicating science to K-12 students this summer!

Professors Tina Tootle and Joshua Weiner have been named 2024 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general-scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.