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Organic chemistry with an entrepreneurial outlook
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Vishuka Pathirana is a second-year doctoral candidate in chemistry. Her research focuses on the development of a compound to increase crop yield towards enhancing global food productivity. As an Iowa Innovation Leadership Fellow, Pathirana is interested in ethical innovation within her organic chemistry research.

IISC win Campus Compact Award
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Identifying antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Rebeca Galindo is a second-year doctoral candidate in epidemiology. As a Graduate Research Assistant for the State Hygienic Laboratory, Galindo works on research to develop a rapid diagnostic test to identify antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens.

Meeting students where they are in graduate mentorship
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Each year, the Graduate College recognizes faculty who have demonstrated a commitment to mentorship. This year’s Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award recipients are Professor Jennifer Kayle in the Department of Dance and Professor Christine Ogren in the College of Education.

2024 Fall Commencement
Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Graduate student strives to recruit, retain teachers
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Kimberly Sleezer is a PhD student in the UI's Literacy, Culture, and Language Program. She also is an English teacher at Iowa City Liberty High School.

Novel neuroscientific research to understand Parkinson's disease
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Cheol Soh, a postdoctoral researcher in the Psychological and Brain Sciences Department, focuses on brain regions related to movement stopping and cognition to improve the lives of people living with Parkinson's disease.

Native identity and public policy
Monday, December 16, 2024
Associate Professor of Practice in the School of Planning and Public Affairs (SPPA), Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz inquires into Native identity in her new book, The Indian Card.

Going with the flow
Monday, December 16, 2024
UI Civil Engineering graduate Riley Post has recently been awarded the D.C. Spriestersbach Prize. Now, a year after his graduation, the Iowa native is moving back to his home state for his next opportunity.

Iowa grad students inspire future researchers
Monday, December 16, 2024
Iowa City High students attended the Graduate College's 3MT competition in November, talking with graduate researchers and touring research labs.
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