Fast forward a decade, and what once confined Petrucci now compels her as a fall 2022 UI graduate with a newly-minted PhD in neuroscience and plans to continue her epilepsy research as a post-doctoral student at the University of Utah.
Articles Tagged: University of Iowa
Environmental News Dec. 27, 2022 8:20 pm1122d ago
Megan Lenss, who received a Bachelor of Science in geoscience from the University of Iowa in 2021, now lives in Tromsø, Norway, and works in collaboration with the Norwegian Polar Institute and the University of Tromsø.
Higher Ed Dec. 23, 2022 4:29 pm1126d ago
Board of Regents President Mike Richards issues order after Gov. Kim Reynolds, citing security threats, banned app’s usage on state computers and phones.
Things To Do Dec. 29, 2022 2:37 pm1120d ago
Tips from insiders and tourists on things to see and do there
Iowa Football Dec. 28, 2022 3:14 pm1121d ago
The Hawkeye and Cyclone football teams over the last five years have spent a combined $2.2 million housing players, coaches, and staff in hotels the night before home games to “minimize distractions” and help them prepare with better security, nutrition, and privacy.
Higher Ed Dec. 16, 2022 5:57 pm1133d ago
University of Iowa researchers – among their many discoveries – have created new disaster response models, artificial intelligence diagnostic tools, telemedicine tactics, and COVID-response measures. This week, Gov. Kim Reynolds awarded UI $8.2 million to keep expanding the bioscience research and economic development opportunities it generates.
Higher Ed Dec. 15, 2022 4:32 pm1134d ago
After the University of Iowa’s chosen finalist in October declined an offer to succeed Brooks Jackson as vice president for medical affairs of UI Health Care and dean of its Carver College of Medicine, the campus is relaunching its search for a new head of its sprawling health care enterprise.
Higher Ed Dec. 14, 2022 4:51 pm1135d ago
A $1.2 billion deal the University of Iowa cemented in March 2020 for the private operation of its utilities system over the next 50 years amounts to the “largest financial obligation ever held by Iowa taxpayers,” State Auditor Rob Sand found in his four-year review of the blockbuster agreement.
Higher Ed Dec. 14, 2022 7:21 am1136d ago
Willard “Sandy” Boyd – who served as the University of Iowa’s 15th president from 1969 to 1981, gaining repute for his wisdom that subsequent presidents have often quoted – died Tuesday in Iowa City at the age of 95.
Higher Ed Dec. 13, 2022 1:34 pm1136d ago
It wasn’t just Iranian wrestlers and protesters exemplifying the World Cup's global significance. It was the gold medal Ukraine’s women took home to a nation still under Russian siege. And it was the visit a Japanese university president paid Monday to University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson.
Iowa Football Dec. 12, 2022 2:12 pm1137d ago
Associated Press is third honor for Hawkeye linebacker from Cedar Falls as he closes in on unanimous distinction.
News Dec. 11, 2022 9:32 am1138d ago
Patti LaBelle spreads festive joy to the world at Hancher
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Dec. 11, 2022 8:35 pm1138d ago
Just days after University of Iowa Athletics posted online its first court-ordered Title IX monitor report — required as part of a settlement with female student-athletes who sued UI for violating the federal civil rights law — their attorney wrote the monitor to raise concerns with his assessment.
News Dec. 9, 2022 6:00 am1141d ago
Large traveling exhibits and smaller pop-ups help take Black history, culture across Iowa and beyond
Sports Dec. 8, 2022 7:07 pm1141d ago
This wrestling World Cup — featuring opening ceremonies Friday and wrestling all day Saturday and Sunday — is the first in history to combine the men’s and women’s tournaments, running matches side-by-side.

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