Travis Henry, a clinical lab analyst with the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa, is helping Puerto Rico implement a screening process for a potentially curable condition in babies; he left a message in the sand that reads, "SHL Univ. of Iowa impacting the globe."

How should the Cold War be memorialized? This question forms the backbone of the Obermann Interdisciplinary Research Grant project of Sarah Kanouse in UI art and art history and Shiloh Kruper in geography at Georgetown University.

A collection of 13 studies by the Public Policy Center at the University of Iowa is being used by the Commonwealth Fund for its analysis of the local impacts of the federal Affordable Care Act.

This year, the UI College of Education celebrates the 40th anniversary of the college's home, the Linquist Center. Named in honor of E.F. Lindquist, the building is a legacy to the genius of the man who personifies the college's tagline, Leaders. Scholars. Innovators.

David Gould has been chosen as the first Obermann Public Scholar, a pilot program designed to enhance research on campus through partnerships that engage University of Iowa researchers with innovators outside the university.

The Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa has been ranked the number one nonfiction writing program in the country for the fifth year in a row by the magazine Poets and Writers.

UI May 2013 graduate Sarah Petitt shares her experiences as a summer intern for the UI Huntington's Disease Society of America Center for Excellence and how it inspired her to become an advocate for those who have this incurable neurodegenerative disease.

UI engineering professor Ibrahim Ozbolat describes how researchers are making progress towards creating human organs with techniques such as 3D printing, using the patient’s own cells for ink.

UI senior Jolene Luther’s grandfather, William Holcomb, died from Huntington disease (HD) in the fall of 2011, but his impact lives on through the research Luther is doing this summer at the UI.

UI faculty members Claire Fox and Omar Valerio-Jiménez led the 2013 Obermann Summer Seminar, gathering 14 distinguished scholars in Latino/a Studies to the University of Iowa, who helped create the anthology and web platform, The Latino Midwest Reader.