Spotlight
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.
Student success
Small-town roots, big goals: CRISP scholar aims to bring health care home
Growing up in Algona taught Reese Rosenmeyer how vital local health care is to small-town life. Now she’s training at the University of Iowa to help rural Iowans get the care they need close to home.
Writing across disciplines: Among elite company
Iowa’s unmatched writing-related resources prepare its graduates for success in many fields. This level of excellence positions Iowa as the best public university for writing and communication.
Iowa’s 2025 incoming class, by the numbers
This fall, the University of Iowa welcomes the second-largest first-year cohort in university history.
Health care
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.
One alum’s nontraditional path to occupational medicine
Through his practice in Waverly, Iowa, Jon Fields seeks to heal the body, the mind, and the community through the prevention and treatment of workplace injuries.
CRISP scholar finds her calling in rural family medicine
Growing up in Hopkinton, Iowa, Andrea Fjelstul-Bonert saw firsthand how gaps in rural health care affect families. Now, as a CRISP scholar and family medicine resident, she’s working to close them.
Research
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.
TRACERS: The milestone moments (so far)
With the TRACERS launch imminent, take a trip through the timeline of the university’s largest externally funded research project, which will examine the powerful interactions between the magnetic fields of the sun and Earth.
Always a Hawkeye: Alumni stories
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.
Coming home: State champion returns to lead her alma mater
After chasing her goals across state lines and in a few different jobs, University of Iowa alumna Madison Melchert is back home and ready to lead the next generation at Dallas Center-Grimes High School as activities director.
Making a difference for kids in the ER
Medicine alumna Laura Socwell didn’t plan to work in pediatric emergency medicine. Now, she’s proud to care for Iowa’s littlest patients.
Community impact
One alum’s nontraditional path to occupational medicine
Through his practice in Waverly, Iowa, Jon Fields seeks to heal the body, the mind, and the community through the prevention and treatment of workplace injuries.
From field to clinic: How Community Connect is changing health care in rural Iowa
A University of Iowa Health Care program gives small-town hospitals the technology and support to treat patients faster and closer to home.
UI Health Care hosts 'All-Iowa' career fair aimed at keeping more physicians in the state
As leaders look to address the state's physician workforce needs, the event showcases job opportunities at Iowa-based health systems for residents and fellows.
Faculty and staff features
Writing across disciplines: Among elite company
Iowa’s unmatched writing-related resources prepare its graduates for success in many fields. This level of excellence positions Iowa as the best public university for writing and communication.
Cardiothoracic surgeon says Iowa care team has heart
When you need a procedure as complex as open-heart surgery, you should choose the best, most experienced care team. That is exactly what University of Iowa Health Care offers to heart patients, says Mohammad Bashir.
UI detective unravels identity theft scheme
Thanks to Ian Mallory’s investigation, which involved untangling hundreds of documents and obtaining a crucial DNA test, a California man who had been falsely imprisoned and involuntarily hospitalized for saying he was who he said he was regained his true identity.
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.