Jack Bickel was born with moderate to severe hearing loss and was fitted with hearing aids when he was 6 months old. At age 3, he moved on to a more powerful hearing aid. At age 9, what was left of Jack’s hearing started to decline significantly. A “hybrid” cochlear implant invented at the UI turned things around.

Madison Van Winkle celebrated her first birthday with something new—bilateral cochlear implants.

Bruce Gantz, head of the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, directs a multidisciplinary center at the University of Iowa that is driving improvements in cochlear implant technology, developing new implants for deaf children and adults, and preparing the field for advances in regenerative medicine.

A University of Iowa Faculty and Staff Health Fair will be held Wednesday, Nov. 6, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the UI Field House main deck.

In a free, public event hosted by the UI Alumni Association Nov. 6 in Cedar Rapids, two University of Iowa professors will discuss how issues of gun control and mental health intertwine.

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University of Iowa College of Education alumna Rachel DeMaris has earned the Iowa Children’s Museum’s second-annual Robert E. Yager Active Learning Award, which recognizes Iowa teachers who provide students “opportunities to become engaged learners, innovative thinkers, and creative problem-solvers.”

Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

Kristy Nabhan-Warren, associate professor of religious studies in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will read from her new book, "The Cursillo Movement in America: Catholics, Protestants, and Fourth-Day Spirituality," at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City.

Grace Lidgett, 8, was just 14 months old when she was referred to UI Children’s Hospital. She started showing allergy symptoms and had difficulty growing. The family learned she has cystic fibrosis—a genetic disorder that causes her body to produce thick, sticky mucus that clogs her organs.

One of the leading figures in jazz, Wycliffe Gordon will lead a hot band in two Club Hancher performances on Nov. 8—the earlier of which is already sold out.

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds toured the University of Iowa's Bedell Entrepreneurship Learning Laboratory (BELL) and the UI College of Pharmacy Thursday at the invitation of student government leaders.