Articles from November 2020
![Adrienne Miller, planner and economic development specialist for the City of Waterloo, leads the University of Iowa visitors on the bike tour through the Church Row neighborhood.](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2024-07/Church-Row_0.jpg?h=3873714b&itok=JaMJnpP0)
Grad students pursue wide range of initiatives in IISC partnership
Monday, November 30, 2020
Iowa students and faculty are partnering with the City of Waterloo to advance a wide range of initiatives supporting local sustainability.
![Banu Gumusoglu](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2024-07/Banu-3-%28002%29.jpg?h=8174754c&itok=Im_tzjoK)
Doctoral studies recognized with Montgomery Dissertation Prize
Monday, November 30, 2020
Montgomery Prize winner Serena (Banu) Gumusoglu's research determined that inflammation and dysfunction during pregnancy shapes offspring brain development.
![Samuel Brensinger](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2024-07/Sam-Headshot.jpg?h=a67dac78&itok=rSkvi6de)
Mathematician proposes new theory of gravity
Monday, November 23, 2020
Samuel Brensinger was recognized with the Spriestersbach Prize for his dissertation describing Projective Gauge Gravity.
![Brett Bahle](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2024-07/BrettBahleHeadshot.jpg?h=60dfa335&itok=PDS7Mtdn)
Psychologist keeps his eyes on attention
Monday, November 23, 2020
Spriestersbach Prize winner Brett Bahle is studying attention and memory through visual search tasks with the eyes.
![Alaine Reschke Hernandez](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2024-07/Alaine-Headshot.jpg?h=c8f979f1&itok=oPaYFsRk)
Alumna develops model for music therapy
Monday, November 23, 2020
Alaine Reschke-Hernández has been awarded the Spriestersbach Prize for her research on music therapy.
![Steve Carlson](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2024-07/Carlson.jpg?h=6be51281&itok=sWkVOthc)
Students receive once-in-a-lifetime opportunity during pandemic
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Sport and Recreation Management master's students have valuable virtual learning experience with the Chicago Blackhawks and Cedar Rapids Kernels.
![Calvin Carter and Sunny Huang](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2024-07/Carter-and-Huang-press-photo.jpg?h=603dbbf0&itok=Exxy_qt2)
Novel approach to diabetes care
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Researchers use electromagnetic energy fields to safely and non-invasively manage blood sugar levels.