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Alexandra Curtis

Biostatistician develops model to improve clinical trials process

Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Alexandra Curtis is interested in making the development process for new treatments and drugs more efficient.
Brandon MacDougall

Exploring urban predator distributions in the Corn Belt

Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Graduate College fellow Brandon MacDougall conducts his research using geographic information systems (GIS) coupled with data collected from camera traps.
Mengtian Chen

An unconventional approach to learning foreign languages

Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Mengtian Chen is researching ways to improve speaking fluency in a second language more efficiently.
University of Iowa MFA student Kelly Clare.

Sculptor makes magic out of everyday objects

Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Kelly Clare's artwork titled, "Bread Net" received the Jurors Choice Award at the 2020 MFA Online Exhibition, "RAW", sponsored by the University of Montana.
Debbie Thurmond

Alumna is game-changer in diabetes research

Thursday, December 10, 2020
Biochemistry PhD graduate Debbie Thurmond, director of the City of Hope's Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, studies the inner workings of how beta cells in the pancreas release insulin.
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.

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

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

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

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

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.