Spotlight
Precision, pride, and putters: Alum builds a golf brand in Iowa
After leaving a VP role, Iowa MBA grad Jared Doerfler bet on himself and launched a custom putter company that now ships worldwide — all from a growing production floor in the Hawkeye State.
Student success
Relive the magic of Match Day 2026
The ultimate day in medical education arrived in March for graduating medical students in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Forty of these graduating students will train in the state of Iowa.
Charting a successful path from Iowa to industry
Juliann Pawlowski is well on her way to a career in biomedical engineering, thanks in part to Iowa resources such as the Hawkeye Experience Grant.
A Hawkeye shapes his future as a doctor
University of Iowa student Tyler Draayer came to campus from Lawton, Iowa, expecting great academics. He discovered so much more.
Health care
Cerebral palsy surgery helps Indianola boy gain independence
After standard treatments failed to improve her son's cerebral palsy symptoms, Rachel Conrad found hope at Iowa's only pediatric spasticity clinic — and now 5-year-old Sawyer is thriving.
How one University of Iowa fellowship convinced a psychiatrist to call Iowa home
Dr. Magdalena Maginot came to Iowa for residency training. The Public Psychiatry Fellowship gave her reasons to stay — and a roadmap for improving the state's behavioral health care system.
New STEM event hosted by UI Health Care attracts Iowa high school students
Nearly 100 Iowa high school students attended the first-ever Teens Go STEM event on the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine campus, exploring health care careers, participating in hands-on medical simulations, and more.
Research
UI researcher tackles rare eye cancer through novel approaches
Using zebrafish, UI professor Colin Kenny studies uveal melanoma to better understand how it forms and spreads — and how it can be treated. His dedication to research comes from what he calls the “sheer thrill of discovery.”
Galls, thieves, and parasites: Iowa biologists unspool wild world of oak-dwelling wasps
Iowa biologist Andrew Forbes’ lab, with a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation, is revealing the unknown ecological world of parasitic wasps, which have value to cataloging biological diversity and controlling insect pests in agriculture and forests.
Iowa researchers celebrate TRACERS launch
Dozens of scientists from the University of Iowa traveled to Lompoc, California, to joyfully witness the successful rocket launch associated with TRACERS — the NASA-funded mission to study the mysterious, powerful interactions between the magnetic fields of the sun and Earth.
Always a Hawkeye: Alumni stories
Precision, pride, and putters: Alum builds a golf brand in Iowa
After leaving a VP role, Iowa MBA grad Jared Doerfler bet on himself and launched a custom putter company that now ships worldwide — all from a growing production floor in the Hawkeye State.
Pella native returns to Iowa to care for patients with cancer
Justin Buzick, MD, finds a great sense of purpose serving Iowans in both urban and more rural areas as he begins his career at Mission Cancer + Blood, part of University of Iowa Health Care.
Rooted in rural Iowa: CRISP scholar builds a future in women’s health
Ashley Hurd-Jackson’s first deliveries were pigs on the family farm. Now she is training to deliver babies — and better access to care — across rural Iowa.
Community impact
New STEM event hosted by UI Health Care attracts Iowa high school students
Nearly 100 Iowa high school students attended the first-ever Teens Go STEM event on the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine campus, exploring health care careers, participating in hands-on medical simulations, and more.
Back in their seats: Medical students return home through Hawkeye Hometown Visits
Returning to Epworth and Winterset, two University of Iowa medical students reflect on the mentors, classrooms, and moments that first sparked their path to medicine.
Back in their seats: Medical students return home through Hawkeye Hometown Visits
Returning to Winterset and Epworth, two University of Iowa medical students reflect on the mentors, classrooms, and moments that first sparked their path to medicine.
Faculty and staff features
UI researcher tackles rare eye cancer through novel approaches
Using zebrafish, UI professor Colin Kenny studies uveal melanoma to better understand how it forms and spreads — and how it can be treated. His dedication to research comes from what he calls the “sheer thrill of discovery.”
Iowa researcher calls CF breakthroughs ‘unfathomable’
Michael Welsh could not have imagined the life-altering treatments for cystic fibrosis that would grow from the discoveries made in his University of Iowa lab. Once considered a fatal childhood disease, CF now can be managed with drugs that significantly extend patients’ lives.
Curiosity and compassion fuel Iowa researcher’s work
From rural beginnings to groundbreaking advances in the treatment of cystic fibrosis, Michael Welsh has helped reshape what’s possible for patients. Supported by a collaborative academic environment at the University of Iowa, his dedication to discovery and improving lives has increased our understanding of this complex condition.
Athletics
Meet Kid Captain Millie Judge
Millie Judge was transferred to UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital shortly after birth for breathing issues, and she underwent open-heart surgery at just 4 months old. Diagnosed with a rare syndrome, she continues to return for expert monitoring and care.
Meet Kid Captain Ray Walker
Ray Walker was having an average of 20 seizures a day as a toddler. UI Health Care experts diagnosed the Indianola, Iowa, boy with focal epilepsy and performed a surgery that disconnected one side of his brain from the other. He has been seizure-free for five years.
Meet Kid Captain Blake Bonta
Blake Bonta was a healthy and happy 10-year-old until severe headaches sidelined him. A scan showed a mass at the back of his brain, which UI doctors diagnosed as an aggressive cancer.