University of Iowa

The University of Iowa is one of the nation's premier public research universities, dedicated to academic excellence, groundbreaking discoveries and creations, commitment to Iowa and the world, and a culture that prizes community, diversity, and opportunity.

The UI is known around the world for its leadership in the arts, sciences, and humanities. It is home to the first and best creative writing program in the world, a world-class academic medical center and one of America's top teaching hospitals, and a can-do culture that fosters a campus-wide dedication to student success.

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Iowa law students learn about life and the law in D.C.

A new externship program introduces Iowa law students to the nation's capital and helps them find careers in and around the federal government.

Work Experience - Jan 21

UI students help get kids moving to reduce childhood obesity

More than 100 Iowa City-area elementary school students participated in Healthy LifeStars, an initiative from the University of Iowa College of Public Health staffed by current UI students that fights childhood obesity by encouraging students to be more active and eat more nutritious food. Childhood obesity has become a serious public health issue in the U.S., as more and more children are classified as significantly overweight. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the number of obese children in the United States between the ages of 6 and 19 has tripled since the 1970s, rising to 20% in 2015. In Iowa, about 18% of children between the ages of 10 and 17 are obese, according to 2018 data from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Work Experience - 2019 May 22

Kennedy Voss, teammate start new business to fund semester at sea

Former Iowa crew teammates Taylor Williams and Kennedy Voss wanted to take part in Semester at Sea through the University of Iowa's study abroad program in spring 2019. But they didn't know how they were going to pay for it. The best friends were inspired to make no-slip sport headbands and start a business called Wanderlust Wraps to raise money for their trip

Work Experience - 2019 May 15

Hawkeyes start new business to fund semester at sea

Former University of Iowa crew teammates Taylor Williams and Kennedy Voss wanted to take part in Semester at Sea through the University of Iowa's study abroad program in spring 2019. But they didn't know how they were going to pay for it. The best friends were inspired to make no-slip sport headbands and start a business called Wanderlust Wraps to raise money for their trip.

Work Experience - 2019 May 15

UI students work with National Park Service to save the arches

Arches National Park is a place of serene, mystical beauty: a rugged collection of breathtaking natural rock formations and ancient sandstone arches that can forever change the way people look at life. But the Utah park has in recent years started to change too many lives. Looking to alleviate some of the stress on the park's infrastructure, the National Park Service worked this spring with four University of Iowa students in the Tippie College of Business full-time MBA program to develop a new tour bus-management strategy.

Work Experience - 2019 May 15