Congratulations to PhD candidate Greg Rozsa, who has won the Walter Rundell Award of the Western History Association. In recognition of the late Walter Rundell, Jr.’s commitment to graduate education in the field of Western History, the Western History Association offers a graduate student award for $1500 to a doctoral candidate for work on their dissertation in western history.

Warmest congratulations to Susan Birrell, Professor of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies and American Studies, who has been named the 2018 recipient of the Jean Y. Jew Women’s Rights Award. This award is made by the University of Iowa Women’s Resource and Action Center and the Council on the Status of Women in honor of Jew and others who demonstrate outstanding effort or achievement in improving the status of women on campus.

Whaley's research was mentioned in the New York Times article about the film Black Panther, her poem "Whispers and Lies" has been nominated for a Rhysling poetry award, was interviewed by ABC News for Black Superhero Week, and she performed the black history month keynote address at the University of Texas.

University of Iowa professors Jacki Rand and Phillip Round have received funding from Humanities Without Walls for a research project related to humanities work in a changing climate.

American Studies PhD student and GWSS graduate certificate student Diane Williams is featured in new video about her archival research in the Iowa Women's Archives.

The Native American Scholars Initiative (NASI) Undergraduate Summer Internship provides an opportunity for talented undergraduates to conduct research, explore career opportunities in archives and special collections, and learn about advanced training in Native American and Indigenous Studies and related fields.

The American Philosophical Society invites applications for predoctoral, postdoctoral, and short-term research fellowships from scholars at all stages of their careers, especially Native American scholars in training, tribal college and university faculty members, and other scholars working closely with Native communities on projects in Native American and Indigenous Studies and related fields and disciplines.

IowaNow features a story on the Iowa Native Spaces project that is working with Meskwaki and Ioway tribal officials to bring historical perspectives to more Iowans.

Deborah Whaley and Terence Blanchard discuss the relationship between art and spirituality, how the acts of fighting for social justice and creating music are one and the same, and what a life in the arts has taught him about what art can and should do.