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Iowa Education Magazine

Hot off the digital press, the latest iteration of Iowa Education, our 2023-24 annual report! In this edition, you’ll learn how our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community partners are making an impact across Iowa, throughout the country, and around the globe! 

Connor Muston

UI REACH alumnus beats childhood cancer to become a Hawkeye

UI REACH alumnus Connor Muston credits the University of Iowa for saving his life as a child. Twenty years later as a young adult, he credits Iowa once again for supporting his success.

Doctoral candidate Aubrey McEnroe

Iowa needs rural therapists

Doctoral candidate Aubrey McEnroe connects her farming roots with a passion for mental health, aiming to break stigma and provide accessible care in rural communities.

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UI REACH

UI REACH (Realizing Educational and Career Hopes) is a comprehensive transition program for students ages 18-25 years old with intellectual, cognitive, and learning disabilities.

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Social Media Smarts: Navigating Sleep and Mental Health for K-12 Teachers and Parents promotional image

Social Media Smarts: Navigating Sleep and Mental Health for K-12 Teachers and Parents

Monday, January 27, 2025 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Virtual
Please register here. BTLC Credit: IS, SEBMH Presenter: Bengi Baran, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences Description: Social media has received significant attention as a culprit for the ongoing youth mental health crisis, both on its own and indirectly by disrupting sleep and circadian rhythms. There are several emerging critical developments including U.S. Surgeon General's advisories on (1) the negative consequences of social media use and (2) the declining mental...
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Provost’s Global Forum: Private Sector and University Partnerships: Pursuing Pathways for Global Collaboration, Learning, Prosperity, and Democracy

Thursday, February 6, 2025 2:30pm to 6:00pm
University Capitol Centre
The 2025 Provost’s Global Forum, Private Sector and University Partnerships: Pursuing Pathways for Global Collaboration, Learning, Prosperity, and Democracy, will bring together experts from across the University of Iowa campus, the greater Iowa City area, and around the world to identify and showcase evidence, strategies, approaches, and solutions that form sustainable university private sector partnerships that bring added values to stakeholders of campuses, business, communities, and nation-states.
Provost’s Global Forum: Private Sector and University Partnerships: Pursuing Pathways for Global Collaboration, Learning, Prosperity, and Democracy promotional image

Provost’s Global Forum: Private Sector and University Partnerships: Pursuing Pathways for Global Collaboration, Learning, Prosperity, and Democracy

Friday, February 7, 2025 10:00am to 4:30pm
University Capitol Centre
The 2025 Provost’s Global Forum, Private Sector and University Partnerships: Pursuing Pathways for Global Collaboration, Learning, Prosperity, and Democracy, will bring together experts from across the University of Iowa campus, the greater Iowa City area, and around the world to identify and showcase evidence, strategies, approaches, and solutions that form sustainable university private sector partnerships that bring added values to stakeholders of campuses, business, communities, and nation-states.

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