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REACH leads all students to success

Thursday, October 6, 2022
Graduate students, McKenzie Fahrni and Bree Neyland, share their experiences working with the University of Iowa’s REACH program.
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Finding a sense of humanity in art

Tuesday, October 4, 2022
University of Iowa Studio Arts MFA 2022 alumnus Brooks Cashbaugh delves into his piece, Collapsing Together, that landed him a spot as one of 40 finalists in the nation-wide AXA Art Prize competition.
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Creating Scholarship Rooted in Selfhood

Wednesday, September 21, 2022
For third-year English doctoral student Thelma Trujillo, the graduate student experience at the University of Iowa has helped her rethink what it means to be a scholar.
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Modeling Limitless Diseases Through Biostatistics

Thursday, September 15, 2022
Fifth-year biostatistics doctoral student Felix Pabon-Rodriguez is modeling infectious disease trajectories to provide insights into immunological responses to microbes.
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Pointing the telescope down towards Earth

Monday, July 11, 2022
Jacob Richardson, University of Iowa alumnus, uses his master’s degree in Astronomy to improve satellites at the United States Geological Survey Sioux Falls location.
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Sharing the voices of history

Saturday, July 9, 2022
Maria Leonor Márquez Ponce, a doctoral student in the Spanish and Portuguese department, is currently working on a Humanities for the Public Good internship project to preserve the stories of past and present Latino Native American Cultural Center (LNACC) members.
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Building purposeful technology through the lens of accessibility

Thursday, July 7, 2022
Flannery Currin, a doctoral student in Computer Science, aims to improve accessible technology with her experience as a sibling to someone with a disability, skills gained from the ILEND program, and knowledge of human-computer interaction.
Tahsin Khataei

No pain, no gain

Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Tahsin Khataei, a doctoral student in Human Physiology, studies how exercise training modulates pain perception, in the hope of helping both athletes and people with chronic pain.