University of Iowa

The Class of 2024 is the first in the University of Iowa College of Dentistry's history to have more female students than male students-helping move the national dentistry workforce closer to gender parity.

Fourteen University of undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and staff have been named winners of awards that recognize exceptional researchers, scholars, innovators, students, and administrators as a part of the annual Discovery and Innovation awards program of the Office of the Vice President for Research.

By the time a person is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, it has often already been progressing in their body for years or decades. Treatment options may be limited at that point, so early diagnosis is key. PhD student Rachel Crawford has been researching ways to address that problem and is chasing down the implications of her findings.

University of Iowa student Gul Rukh Mehboob will return to Pakistan with a PhD, and through her art leave a piece of herself behind in Iowa. Her watercolor painting of Old Capitol was selected to celebrate the university's 175 years as an institution and to commemorate the installation of President Barbara Wilson.

As a University of Iowa undergraduate, Maddie McCarron is already zeroing in on her goal of covering sports for a major media organization in a metropolitan area.

Ella Davis, an art and English and creative writing major, brought a unique element to the UI School of Music's Trumpet Studio concert.

First-year Carver College of Medicine student Joseph McDonell hopes to expand health care services to rural Iowans. The Coggon, Iowa, native is assisting with the creation of a remote health monitor, and he advocates for continued development of telehealth programs.

University of Iowa College of Pharmacy students recently completed the college's Healthcare Business Leadership program (HBL), a program designed to teach students how to understand and make effective business decisions.

CAMBUS Scholarships have been awarded to five student employees for the spring 2022 semester.

To celebrate the ingenuity, resilience, and innovation of student researchers at the University of Iowa, the Office of the Vice President for Research is again sponsoring the Dare to Discover campaign. The annual program this year highlights the work of 80 undergraduate and graduate students who are making waves in disciplines across campus anging from astronomy to medicine, public health, education and art.

University of Iowa graduating senior James Huerta, who enrolled in the Army ROTC during college, will be an officer at the Army's flight school at Fort Rucker in Alabama, where he ultimately hopes to fly Black Hawk helicopters.

By becoming fluent in Portuguese and Spanish, Holly Harris is striving for an international career where she can use the power of language to bring people together.

Eight students will speak at commencement ceremonies to be staged at the University of Iowa beginning Dec. 16. About 1,800 students at Iowa will receive their degrees in livestreamed, virtual commencement ceremonies, beginning with the College of Education's Undergraduate Commencement and Teacher Education Program Recognition Ceremony on Dec. 16 and concluding with the College of Engineering's undergraduate ceremony on Dec. 19.

Having built connections and found a supportive community on the University of Iowa campus, Queta Wanatee-Diego strives for a career where she can shine a light on Native American culture and have a positive impact on many lives.

Benton Purnell describes his work at the University of Iowa as "looking for clues at the scene of the crime." When he was a graduate student in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Purnell studied Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), a diagnosis defined by a lack of answers.

Recent University of Iowa graduates Andrew Carton and Ryan Helland grew up in small communities in Iowa never dreaming they'd be involved in space research. But through their academic experiences at Iowa, they both secured jobs with a landmark NASA mission.

Onyeche Oche, PhD student in the UI College of Pharmacy, had several admission offers from other pharmacy programs, but chose the University of Iowa after meeting with faculty members who Oche says, "saw something in me that I didn't see in myself."

Lastascia Coleman, a PhD candidate in health management and policy, is also a certified nurse-midwife and clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Coleman is incorporating public health policy into her research and practice.

"Snapshots" is a new literary magazine for children. It was created by University of Iowa freshman Josephine Geiger-Lee, Noelle Franzone, and Hannah Cargo. They plan on working closely with the Children's hospital and the community to involve kids.

Twenty dollars doesn't go far in the 2020s, but University of Iowa entrepreneurs Gratt Reed and Peyton Haack are turning that original investment into a substantial donation to the Stead Family Children's Hospital.

Evita Woolsey came from California to the University of Iowa to pursue her interest in speech and hearing science. Through her involvement in an NIH-funded research project, the undergraduate is assessing children across the state and making connections with researchers on campus and beyond.

Xavier Ortega says the cultural centers at the University of Iowa have changed his perspective on community and allowed him to discover his passion for helping others.

Iowa's unmatched writing-related resources prepare its graduates for success in many fields including law.

17 current students at the University of Iowa are in charge of making final preparations for the variety of activities that will be Homecoming 2021 as members of the executive council.

Fourth-year UI Carver College of Medicine student Pavane Gorrepati publishes a book to educate young readers about alopecia, a condition that can cause childhood hair loss.

Luz Alcala came to the University of Iowa to earn a business degree, but the first-generation student will graduate with so much more.

More than 1,000 miles from her Texas home, University of Iowa student Bianca Robles-Munoz is getting a top-notch education in communication sciences and disorders while also gaining a newfound appreciation for her Latina heritage.

Molly Hall-Martin, a doctoral student in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program in the University of Iowa College of Education's Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies, has been appointed to the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQ).

Payton Day, a freshman at the University of Iowa from Naperville, IL, joined a very special club on the Sunday prior to the first day of classes when she addressed her peers at Iowa's annual Convocation, the annual ceremony to welcome the university's news incoming class.

A research paper led by University of Iowa graduate student Byungkyu Moon and his mentor Hosin (David) Lee investigating an eco-friendly method for asphalt pavement rehabilitation made the cover of the July 2021 edition of Infrastructures, a peer-reviewed scientific journal.