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2025 fall commencement

Monday, December 29, 2025
Christopher Merrill

A leader in cultural diplomacy

Friday, December 19, 2025
Christopher Merrill took the University of Iowa's International Writing Program to new heights.
Jayda Hunstad

For music therapy student, pain management hits close to home

Wednesday, December 17, 2025
The capstone project of Music Therapy student Jayda Hunstad focuses on post-op pain management after spinal fusion surgery, which she underwent as a teen.  
AuD/PhD student Jean Hong

Cutting through the noise

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
AuD/PhD student Jean Hong studies how poorly fitted hearing aids may impact how adolescents interpret speech in noisy environments and why hearing aids are often underfit.
Matthew Bowman speaks during an Art-Bites presentation

Indigenous land ties in 20th-century art

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Matthew Bowman, a PhD student in Art History and Wyeth Foundation Predoctoral fellow, is taking closer look at Taos Pueblo using Smithsonian archives.
Fascha Aryasa, Travis Fischer, and Cecilia Botwe

Beyond the books

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Many of our graduate students are involved in student organizations and advocacy groups outside of the classroom. We asked three of our leaders about why involvement is important and what they've learned.
Blake Cordell conducting his jazz ensemble at The James

Interdisciplinary identity

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Second-year master’s student Blake Cordell chose to write his own musical for his thesis. His work, Only a Mask, became a full-scale production that was performed at the James Theater earlier this fall and involved numerous students from theater arts, music, and more.
Kaitriana Colling in the lab

PhD student’s research advances treatments for uterine cancer

PhD student and 2025 3MT winner Kaitriana Colling's research advances treatments for uterine cancer
Beverly Brandau Fall Break Meal 2025

Beverly Brandau Fall Break Meal brings together Iowa students and community members

Over 150 meals were served to UI students and members of the surrounding community during the annual Fall Break Meal, renamed this year in honor of the late Beverly Brandau.
Rachel Crawford

Graduate Student Earns NIH Fellowship for Groundbreaking Research

Rachel Crawford, graduate student in the College of Pharmacy, is making a name for herself in the field of toxicology.