The Furry Friends program, a Volunteer Services program and a part of the Department of Rehabilitation Therapies at UI Hospitals and Clinics, began in 2003 as a way to lighten and brighten patients’ days. Therapy dogs help patients forget the present, even if it’s just for a few minutes.

The University of Iowa Dance Marathon Allocations Committee voted to approve a new, significant funding request put forth by UI Children’s Hospital leadership: $2.2 million over three years to establish the UI Dance Marathon Pediatric Oncology Targeted Therapy Program.

A scholarship fund honoring an Iowa family’s three generations of commitment to higher education has been awarded to students from Iowa City and Spencer. First-year UI Doctor of Physical Therapy students Katherine Bird and Clare Goeken are recognized as the 2015-16 recipients of the Louis and Dorothy Laubenthal Memorial Scholarship.

Systematically providing selective colleges with detailed information about applicants’ high-school backgrounds could significantly raise the admission rates of low-income students, a new study concludes. Nicholas A. Bowman, director of the UI’s Center for Research on Undergraduate Education, recently co-presented the paper at an annual conference.

In order to see the full academic picture found at the University of Iowa, you’ll need to look in all directions. Academic Panoramic provides a look at a cross section of the UI educational experience, from philanthropy and public health to theatre arts and sports analytics.

Fundamentals of Public Health is an introductory course offered by the UI College of Public Health. Beginning in fall 2016, the UI will also offer a public health bachelor’s program. The Fundamentals course will be part of the undergraduate curriculum.

When Drake Fricke was just one day old, doctors in Marshalltown found a blockage in his colon and sent him to a Des Moines hospital where it was suggested he may have Hirschsprung’s disease, a condition that affects the colon and can make newborns unable to have a bowel movement.

Through an agreement with the Association of American Universities, the University of Iowa's Office of Research and Economic Development will once again make free, live and on-demand streaming of the TEDMED 2015 talks available to the campus community beginning November 18.

Health specialists are urging all University of Iowa students under 25 to receive a third dose of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, which is being offered free of charge at special clinics on campus over the next week.

Lincoln Ortman is like most 5-year-old boys: He loves to run, jump, climb, and ride his bike. But unlike other boys his age, those activities put Lincoln at risk for severe injury.

The Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building (PBDB) project at the University of Iowa has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification.

Miekeleen Hart, ’79 BSPh, founder and CEO of MDK Consulting LLC, which provides strategy development and implementation consulting services to health care companies considering or executing new commercial models, is a recent recipient of the UI College of Pharmacy’s Distinguished Alumni Award.