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Hawkeyes drawn to Morroco

Monday, July 8, 2013
Three UI students share their experiences in Morocco and describe why they find the opportunity to learn Arabic and study abroad there so irresistible.

Nursing professor influences hospice training in India

Monday, June 10, 2013
Joann (Jo) Eland, UI College of Nursing associate professor, took a group of 18 students to India this past academic year, where she taught a three-week course titled "Hospice, Pain, and Palliative Care."

STEM festival comes to Cedar Rapids

Monday, June 3, 2013
A statewide celebration of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) for children and their families comes to Cedar Rapids on Sunday, June 9 at McKinley Middle School, from 1 to 5 p.m.

A karmic connection

Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Thomas Langer, a recent UI graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies with an emphasis in human rights, traveled to India last summer to explore the role and impact of new social media upon the Tibetan diaspora living in exile.

Melody heart valve puts teen back in the game

Monday, May 20, 2013
Fourteen-year-old Rebecca Hemm of Moline, Ill., was among the first to receive a Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve at University of Iowa Children's Hospital, allowing her to play tennis on her school team and sing in the choir.

Baquero builds connections to improve health of rural communities

Monday, May 13, 2013
University of Iowa College of Public Health faculty member Barbara Baquero is building connections to improve the health of rural Iowans, with a focus on Iowa's growing Latino population.

College of Education unveils new brand initiative

Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The UI College of Education recently unveiled its new brand initiative: "Leaders. Scholars. Innovators."

Rising Waters, Rapid Changes

Monday, May 6, 2013
An exhibition and oral history about the flood of 2008, "Rising Waters, Rapid Changes," is on display now through the month of May in the window of Hands Jewelers, co-sponsored by the UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies as part of the first-ever UI graduate seminar in public history.

Rivers as Bridges

Monday, April 29, 2013
Two UI students, Kyra Seay and Tess Haverkamp, recently traveled to China on the Rivers as Bridges program that examines the sister-river relationship of the Mississippi River in the U.S. and the Yangtze River in China.

Seeing health care from a new perspective

Monday, April 22, 2013
A new University of Iowa student group strives to strengthen collaboration among health professionals.