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Outreach & Engagement News

News items in this section come from internal and external news sources. You may submit a news item about University of Iowa outreach and engagement efforts.

UI pharmacy student promotes public health in his native Nigeria

June 18, 2018

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Iowa Now

UI student Ishaya David is pursuing a doctorate in pharmacy and a master’s degree in public health as part of a long-term goal to provide sex education and substance use disorder services to youth in his native Nigeria.

Iowa dives into the future of water research

June 12, 2018

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Iowa Now

Building on a century of hydroscience research, the University of Iowa enters a new era of activity aimed at solving Earth’s biggest environmental issues.

UI students, faculty make a difference in Mason City

June 5, 2018

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Iowa Now

The Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities is working with Mason City on roughly 20 projects throughout the community, ranging from updating the comprehensive plan to designing murals to developing an aging-in-place campaign. Several UI groups are focused exclusively on the North End, aiming...

UI study finds black Americans face education, income barriers to healthy behaviors

May 23, 2018

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Iowa Now

A new University of Iowa–led study reports educational opportunities and higher incomes may be key to closing the health gap between most black and white Americans. Researchers say socioeconomic factors, mainly wealth and education, influenced the differences in health behaviors between the groups...

University of Iowa Students, Faculty, and Community Partners Recognized for Outstanding Community Engagement Work

May 22, 2018

Student, actor, director, teacher, and singer Tempestt Farrar confidently stepped up to the podium Wednesday, May 9, at the 2017-18 Annual Year-End Celebration for the Office of Outreach & Engagement to accept her award for Student Excellence and Service. She looked upward and sang out the...

UI College of Education brings advanced science education to rural areas

May 18, 2018

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Iowa Now

The Belin-Blank Center’s STEM Excellence and Leadership program brings hands-on science and technology education to rural Iowa schools. Funded in part through a $1.9 million National Science Foundation grant, the program provides talented middle school students with extra hours of STEM instruction...

RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK

May 10, 2018

The Office of Outreach and Engagement awards partners for excellence and service Student, actor, director, teacher, and singer Tempestt Farrar confidently stepped up to the podium Wednesday, May 9, at the 2017-18 Annual Year-End Celebration for the Office of Outreach & Engagement to accept her...

UI engineering students help eastern Iowa woman get back in the saddle

May 8, 2018

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Iowa Now

Eastern Iowa resident Aulanda Krause worried that her mother, Monna Metcalf, would never ride her horse again because her prosthetic leg rubbed her skin, causing painful sores. Krause enlisted the help of four University of Iowa biomedical engineering students to create a device that solved the...

UI students reimagine park experience with unique adaptation plan

May 3, 2018

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Iowa Now

As part of the Climate for Change Theme Semester, UI urban and regional planning students reimagined a portion of an Iowa City park as a sanctuary for native plants and wildlife. Students recently presented their adaptation plan for the Terry Trueblood Recreation Area to President Harreld and city...

College of Education works with Iowa City school district to boost student success

May 2, 2018

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Iowa Now

UI College of Education professors and students are partnering with Kirkwood Elementary School in Coralville as part of a new college prep program called Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID). The program, which encourages children to attend college, will expand to other schools in the...

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