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Hawkeye Spotlight
Athletics, UI REACH make a perfect team
Cooper Reaves always wanted to be a Hawkeye. Thanks to UI REACH—a transition program for students with intellectual, cognitive, and learning disabilities—and a student manager internship with “Bluder’s Bunch,” that dream is a reality.
Learning to decode the brain
Growing up in Puerto Rico, Héctor Sánchez Meléndez made up his mind to study the brain and go to medical school. But as a neuroscience major at the University of Iowa, he has discovered a passion for research. Now, he wants to establish a lab back home.
Bringing queer history to life on stage
Ann Kreitman found community at the LGBTQ Iowa Archives and Library, as well as a wealth of stories to tell in her work in the theater.
Taking the reins with confidence and compassion
At the University of Iowa, Guadalupe De La Rosa found an environment where she could push herself to be a leader, take part in the crucial cycle of mentorship, and better embrace her cultural background.
Overcoming life struggles to become ‘triple threat’
Thomas Pak, who will receive joint doctorate and medical degrees through the UI Medical Scientist Training Program, aims to combine his interests in medicine, research, and advocacy to advance the welfare for all patients, regardless of ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or health.
High-flying Hawkeye
University of Iowa graduating senior James Huerta, who enrolled in the Army ROTC during college, will be an officer at the Army’s flight school at Fort Rucker in Alabama, where he ultimately hopes to fly Black Hawk helicopters.
Luz Alcala wants to pay it forward
Luz Alcala came to the University of Iowa to earn a business degree, but the first-generation student will graduate with so much more.
Bringing a passion for policy to the classroom
University of Iowa graduate Carrie Schuettpelz wants to teach students how to effect change. She returned to campus in 2018 to share the perspectives she’s gained since leaving campus, ones that have come from living abroad, graduate study at Harvard, and federal work on homelessness.
ROTC member graduates as Second Lieutenant of USAF, heading to Arizona
As Grace Palmatier graduates from the University of Iowa’s nursing program and the UI ROTC this winter, she looks to Arizona, where she will take the next steps in her career as a nurse for the U.S. Air Force.
Opinion | Unpaid internships disenfranchise underprivileged populations
Most jobs require some type of experience, yet many college students can’t afford to gain work experience without getting paid.
‘The Iowa Lawyer’: Five female attorneys from Iowa who made history
Learn how these 5 women paved the way to change Iowa law.
