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Iowa Engineering class inspires planting of new Miyawaki campus forest
Thursday, April 17, 2025
University of Iowa will plant a Miyawaki campus forest on Arbor Day, inspired by a presentation by students in the College of Engineering’s Sustainable Systems class.

Schnieders secures NSF grant to speed up drug development
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Michael Schnieders, University of Iowa professor of biomedical engineering, is developing new computer models that would speed up development of lifesaving drugs by better predicting how drug formulas will interact with the human body.

Engineering student, Navy veteran Lutz attends commissioning of USS Iowa
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
University of Iowa junior and U.S. Navy veteran Thomas Lutz attended the commissioning ceremony of the USS Iowa on April 5 in Groton, Connecticut, as a guest of the Crystal Group.