Spotlight
Iowa students step into the NFL war room
In a high-pressure mock NFL draft, University of Iowa students used analytics, teamwork, and quick thinking to make real-time decisions — and experience the chaos of draft day firsthand.
Student success
Iowa students step into the NFL war room
In a high-pressure mock NFL draft, University of Iowa students used analytics, teamwork, and quick thinking to make real-time decisions — and experience the chaos of draft day firsthand.
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.
Health care
A focus on precision medicine therapies for migraines
University of Iowa researchers are working to connect migraine patients with the treatments that will actually work for them.
One year in, UI Health Care’s North Liberty campus exceeds expectations
Plans are underway to expand orthopedic surgical and clinical services as demand grows with improved access for Iowans.
How a referral to UI Health Care helped solve a complex heart condition
After years of defibrillator shocks and failed ablations, a referral to UI Health Care helped Heath Cooper of Clinton, Iowa, find relief for ventricular tachycardia — a potentially life-threatening condition.
Research
A focus on precision medicine therapies for migraines
University of Iowa researchers are working to connect migraine patients with the treatments that will actually work for them.
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.
Always a Hawkeye: Alumni stories
Hawkeye roots shape a NASA career
Before leading some of NASA’s most ambitious missions, Jim Green found his trajectory at the University of Iowa — where a series of “gravity assists” set him on a path to the stars.
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.
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.