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Julie Reynolds with a group of children.

Trailblazer in public health

Sunday, March 18, 2012
Julie Reynolds figured she'd go into private practice after dental school. Instead, she discovered a passion for confronting large-scale health challenges, forging a new path through school that took her around the world.
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LEEDing the way

Sunday, March 18, 2012
The State Hygienic Laboratory will celebrate its LEED gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council on Tuesday, April 3, at the facility, with tours at 3:15 p.m. and remarks at 4 p.m.

U.S.News ranks 10 UI programs among top 10 in nation

Friday, March 16, 2012
U.S.News & World Report ranks 10 University of Iowa graduate programs and colleges among the 10 best in the country among all public and private schools. The speech-language pathology master’s program in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) ranks as the No. 1 program in the country, according to America's Best Graduate Schools 2013. Audiology (CLAS), the physician assistant program...

Driven to procure their preferred degree

Friday, March 16, 2012
Every week, Omaha residents Peg Stessman and Levi Scheppers make the two-hour drive east along the freeway to attend MBA classes through the University of Iowa's Tippie School of Management executive program in Des Moines.
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Their day in the sun

Friday, March 16, 2012
The Kid Captain program, developed as a partnership between University of Iowa Children’s Hospital and the Iowa Hawkeyes, brings stories of determination, strength, and hope to football game days.
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Fixing a broken heart

Friday, March 16, 2012
When University of Iowa staffer Damian Simcox needed to fix a leaky heart valve, he didn't have to go far. The UI Heart and Vascular Center is a leader in heart valve treatment and has been performing minimally invasive heart surgery since 2008—the only hospital in the region to consistently do so.

Emmert embraces 'the Madness'

Friday, March 16, 2012
The uncertainty of March Madness makes this month one of the best in collegiate athletics, but it can wreak havoc on a team's planning schedule. That's where Abby Emmert steps in.

UI Writers' Workshop presents reading by Malech and Greer March 23

Friday, March 16, 2012
The University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop will present a free reading by two visiting faculty members—poet Dora Malech and fiction writer Andrew Sean Greer—at 8 p.m. Friday, March 23, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Dey House on the UI campus.

'Man Killed by Pheasant' available from UI Press

Friday, March 16, 2012
Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships by John T. Price is now available in paperback from the Bur Oak Books series of the University of Iowa Press.
Iowa basketball player Melsahn Basabe (1) reaches for a layup with the ball in his extended right hand as Dayton player Matt Kavanaugh (35) attempts to block, but is too low.

Grounding the Flyers

Friday, March 16, 2012
The Iowa Hawkeyes secured their first postseason victory under Coach Fran McCaffery on Tuesday, March 13, knocking off the Dayton Flyers in the opening round of the National Invitational Tournament. Check out the scenes from a rockin' Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Preparing a new generation of teachers

Friday, March 16, 2012
A new facility and certificate program at the University of Iowa College of Education emphasizes technology, assessment, and community—topics geared to give graduates a competitive advantage in the education job market.
View from the window of the College of Public Health building of the Old Capitol and campus.

Home at last

Friday, March 16, 2012
The new College of Public Health Building brings together faculty, students, and staff to create a vibrant home for public health learning and collaboration.