Alumna invents the ‘Tree of Life’
Picture yourself walking down a street in your favorite city. You cast a worried glance down at your phone at the sound of a sad little beep. What! Only 2 percent battery [...]
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Inspired by U.S. experience, Malaysia student gives graduation gift to UIU
The notion of making a gift to a non-profit organization may be foreign to most Malaysians, but one Malaysia student sees giving a “graduation gift” as her way of saying [...]
Faculty service: Dr. Kata McCarville – Returning to the river
“A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself.” Laura Gilpin The lessons learned in a river cannot be scripted. Sure, there are [...]
Upper Iowa University students return to serve in Haiti
Dr. Katrina Farren-Eller had not been back to Haiti for two years. During her last trip, the Upper Iowa University assistant professor of English remembers feeling desperate [...]
Upper Iowa’s first woman Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) grad
In 1976, UIU ROTC cadet and Long Island, N.Y., native Jeanne Joachim and fellow ROTC cadets traveled with the Upper Iowa University ROTC (affiliate) unit to Fort Riley, [...]
UIU professor’s lengthy water quality monitoring benefits local watershed and provides unique research options for students
More than 16 years ago, Upper Iowa University’s Delano Professor of Science Rick Klann volunteered his time to “The Long-Term Resource Monitoring Project” – a [...]
Undergraduate research makes it all add up for biology students
Dr. Jennifer Stoffel, UIU assistant professor of biology, loves when a student makes connections through research-based projects. Suddenly, it all comes together – [...]
UIU students learn of the search for a cure for malaria
Dr. Patrick Duffy, chief of the Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology (LMIV), attended a Biology class and a student Q & A session last week while he was [...]
Alumna tells UIU students: “Set your goals and don’t accept no”
LaVerne McCoy, retired chief master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force and Milwaukee police sergeant, spoke at the latest UIU Leadership Series event. McCoy, a 1998 graduate from [...]
Upper Iowa University MPA students publish paper in PA Times
Four Upper Iowa University master’s of public administration (MPA) students took on extra homework recently, and it paid off in a way that they never expected. All four, [...]