When Liam was 2 months old, the Feeleys came to University of Iowa Children’s Hospital and met with pediatric orthopedic surgeon Ericka Lawler, who put the family at ease.

After his son's harrowing war experience and difficulty assimilating to college and civilian life, College of Dentistry's Rick Williamson has played an active role in helping veterans at the University of Iowa transition successfully from military service to higher-education studies and careers.

More than 300 middle school students, primarily from Eastern Iowa, were in Coralville in mid November to participate in the 18th annual University of Iowa International Day for Human Rights. This year students learned about “The Human Right to a Clean Environment.”

Home to one of the nation’s best hearing labs, the University of Iowa has now developed the most comprehensive genetic testing platform for deafness across the globe. Called OtoSCOPE, this technology allows researchers to pinpoint the exact genetic changes that cause people to lose their hearing.

The University of Iowa Foundation announced today, Friday, Nov. 21, that Hy-Vee has committed $500,000 toward the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital building campaign. The new UI Children’s Hospital is being designed as a healing environment that will improve the health and well-being of children and their families.

"UI Children’s Hospital has really changed our lives. They brought Rylan along from a disease which he was not expected to live more than a year to being a very healthy 8-year-old boy," says Mark Mohr, Rylan's father.

Thomas Schierbrock (DDS ’74) received the 2014 Dental Alumnus of the Year Award from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry for his outstanding level of professional achievements, service to the community, and service to the UI and the college.

Anastasios “Tasos” Papachristoudis, a graduate student from Greece, was drawn to the UI because of its strong Master of Health Administration Program; he hopes to gain experience serving as an administrator in a rural hospital where he can also be an active part of the community.

Rebalancing Health Care in the Heartland, the seventh in an ongoing series of forums designed to support Iowa policymakers in their efforts to improve health care for Iowans, will take place Thursday, Nov. 20, at the Embassy Suites in Des Moines.

A University of Iowa research team has developed the new, inexpensive Iowa Brace that will soon be shipped worldwide to help some of the many thousands of children born each year with clubfoot.

Members of the media are invited to attend the 18th annual University of Iowa International Day for Human Rights, featuring the human right to a clean environment on Tuesday, Nov. 18, from 9 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. at the Coralville Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.

At just one month old, Charlotte Wagaman of Keokuk, Iowa, began seeing University of Iowa Children’s Hospital cardiologists to determine the best treatment plan. The mass wasn't cancerous but needed to be removed to eliminate risk of heart attack, stroke, or sudden death.