Students in seven Iowa communities will confront cyberbullying through art as the University of Iowa’s Hancher and Iowa City’s Working Group Theatre collaborate to present "Out of Bounds" to middle and elementary schoolers in November.

When Sean Peck was 9 days old, a test revealed he has cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic disorder that causes his body to produce thick, sticky mucus. The disease impacts Sean’s lungs, pancreas, and liver, affecting his breathing, digestion, and growth.

The University of Iowa College of Public Health is recognizing four leaders whose contributions across a range of disciplines are helping to promote better health and prevent disease throughout the state of Iowa. The award recipients were nominated by their peers in the Iowa public health practice community.

A first-of-its-kind study discovered that many hard-of-hearing children who receive optimal, early services are able to “catch up or significantly close the gaps with their hearing peers,” say researchers at the University of Iowa, Boys Town National Research Hospital, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

As the UI moves forward with the Iowa Board of Regents’ TIER project, campus leaders are committed to keeping colleagues informed. Here's one example of how TIER is already at work on campus.

Scientists have already known how to create new retinal cells from a patient’s skin. This new finding will help determine how nature builds a macula so that scientists may eventually reconstruct an injured one using the patient’s own cells.

In his last campus message as interim president, Jean Robillard reflects on the past few months and offers thanks the whole UI community for their dedication.

With Don Gurnett, and James Van Allen before him, the University of Iowa has a strong legacy of leading the scientific community in the exploration and understanding of space.

Terrence Dahl, ’83 PhD, Vice President of Commercial Manufacturing and Packaging/Labeling, at Gilead Sciences, was recently presented with a College of Pharmacy Distinguished Alumni Award. He leads a team in Foster City, California that is responsible for overseeing the contract manufacturing activities throughout Europe, North America, and Australia.

James Ray was awarded the James A. Otterbeck OnePoint Patient Care Professor in Hospice and Palliative Care.

Robert Kerns, ’96 PhD, was named the John L. and Carol E. Lach Chair in Drug Delivery Technology. Kerns is professor and chair of pharmaceutical sciences and experimental therapeutics at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy.

Victor Yanchick, ’62 BSPh, ’66 MS, was awarded the Osterhaus Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy.