DIANE NUKURI
From Burundi to Iowa, a runner chases her dream...
IGNACIO PONSETI
The clubfoot treatment pioneer is changing medicine...
PAMELA TERRILL
A nurse turns front-line fighter against sexual assault...
SCOTT REESE
Alum parlays teaching stint into diplomatic career…
TERESA MANGUM
Victorian lit expert makes community a classroom…
SONIA GUNDERSON
Grad student takes on Arctic challenge…
AUSTIN BUNN
A writer helps patients share their stories…
DON COFFMAN
Bandleader helps older adults make music…
YOLANDA VILLALVAZO
Med student works to bring medicine to the underserved…
JOAN RINNER
Volunteer helps defuse prison conflict…
SANDY BOYD
Longtime leader aids Iowa nonprofits…
EMMANUEL and VALENTINA CLOTTEY
Spouses share goals for learning and life…
LAUREN MCCARTHY
Wanderlust sends UI grad to Cambridge…
JERRY SCHNOOR
Researcher leads state’s climate change efforts…
JOHN HEINEMAN
Student pushes the limits for health care access...
DIANA DAVIES
A traveler dives into adventure abroad
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SABA ALI
Blending Iowa, Appalachia, and Islam
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KATIE JO SLOTER
Pursuing diverse interests to a common goal…
CLIFF MISSEN
Bridging a divide that’s not just digital…
CHRISTINE GRANT
Championing opportunity for all athletes...
ATUL NAKHASI
Rallying the student vote ...
ROBERTO AMPUERO
Telling stories, connecting cultures…
SHAMEIKA WILMINGTON
Savoring surprise in science and life…
DIANA REED
Sharing a proven formula for success…
TOM WALZ
Helping people with disabilities find their niche…
JACQUELINE LEONARD
Prepping for a role in environmental policy…
DEB VIERLING
Crusading to help kids succeed…
MATT HOWARD
Finding better ways for medicine...
HOLLY MORIARTY
Making the case for sustainability...
JERRY SLEZAK
Inspiring folks with a joke and a story…
MIKE CHASAR
Exploring poetry’s power, then and now…
NATHAN DREW
Building solutions for Iowa’s small towns…
COLLEEN CHAPLEAU
Fighting cancer in work and life…
KERI HORNBUCKLE
Solving problems, setting an example…
JOHN MIKELSON
Welcoming veterans to college life…
MARK KNABEL
Rediscovering medicine and faith…
CHUNGHI CHOO
Sculpting art and artists…
JENNA SMITH
Living fully—and finding funds for a cure...
DANNY WILCOX FRAZIER
Documenting life at home and abroad…
TISCH JONES
Changing minds and society on stage…
LONDA VANDER WAL
Answering a call to feed the hungry…
LANE WYRICK
Documenting the life of a local hero…
BARBARA ECKSTEIN
Turning eyes to the Iowa River…
COURTNEY PARKER
Cultivating cross-cultural connections…
DREW HENNING
Pursuing a passion for justice…
MICHAEL EVERSON
Understanding language—and why it matters…
KATE KARACAY
Taking a stand for global human rights…
CHRIS THRELKELD-WIEGAND
Making music by hand…
DON GURNETT
Interpreting the sound of space…
DAN GABLE
Pushing excellence on and off the mat…
KEVIN LU
Helping tell the Olympic story…
TED WHEELER
Coaching athletes for life…
BETHZAIRA FREGOSO
Reaching out to first-generation students
NANETTE BARKEY
Charting a nation’s recovery from war…
CASEY KOSCHMEDER
Teaching—and learning—far from home…
DAVID JACKSON
Documenting African American life in Iowa…
STEVE MCGUIRE
Lending a hand when it’s needed most…
ALEXANDRA KEENAN
Embracing exploration in academics and life…
CRAIG JUST
Making classroom projects mean something more…
NICHOLAS ZAVAZAVA
Charting tomorrow's transplant techniques...
LAUREN HUGHES
Focusing on rural health needs…
KATHY DUTTLINGER
Making a gift that changed a life...
KARIN WEBER-GASPARONI
Preventing dental diseases in children
CHRISTOPHER MERRILL
Sharing Iowa’s literary heritage with the world
QUINNETTA CLAYTOR
Helping students feel at home…
JONI TROESTER
Focusing on campus health...
ALEX CULLEN
Using creativity (and a razor) to bring TV show to Iowa…
WANGUI GATHUA
Empowering Kenyan girls through education…
JEREMY JACKSON
Penning tales of fiction and food…
JAMIE HABENICHT
Sharing a common bond with cancer patients…
BETH SKINNER
Confronting hate speech by speaking out...
BILLIE TOWNSEND
Helping minority students feel at home…
LAURENCE FUORTES
Helping former munitions workers get their due…
LEA VANDERVELDE
Documenting the life of a forgotten woman…
ANDY STOLL
Experiencing the world firsthand…
CHRIS PETERSON BRUS
Empowering women in the sciences…
CAROL SCOTT-CONNER
Blazing a trail for women surgeons...
JENNIFER NESAHKLUAH
Advocating for needs of American Indians…
DANIEL PETERS
Realizing aspirations in education...
ERIC HOLTHAUS
Leading the environmental movement...
STEPHEN KUUSISTO
Questioning the definition of disability…
EMILEIGH BARNES
Affecting change through the written word…
DAVID GOULD
Leaving legacies through letters…
HEMALI BATRA
Taking action toward a better world…
OLIVIA MYERS
Promoting education through pageant platform…
RYAN ROEMERMAN
Making schools safer for everyone...
TRICIA PARK
Becoming a musical emissary for the UI…
ROB SAND
Rallying others for a cause…
JANE WILKINS
Caring for grieving Iowa parents…
JENNIFER QUINN
Bringing Broadway dreams to life…
RONALD HERMAN
Delivering health care for the world…
AMY MARGOLIS
Helping other writers tell their stories…
BRITTANY WEIL
Fighting back from injury…
LAURA CALDWELL
Helping ex-prisoners rebuild their lives…
NICHOLAS COLANGELO
Creating opportunities for gifted students…
RYAN AINSWORTH
Giving other artists a showcase
PHILLIP LEWIS
Turning a bullet into a blessing…
PHIL DAVIES
Teaching economics among the poor…
ALEJANDRO A. ALONSO
Striving for the good…
CONNIE MUTEL
Saving Iowa’s natural heritage…
PHIL KUTZKO
Realizing the promise of an era…
BRANDON YODER
Making green alternatives more accessible…
SEAN FORMAN
Crunching baseball’s numbers…
JOSHUA CASTEEL
Making sense of his service…
MIRANDA WELCH
Making the case for health care…
CATE HARTMANN
Lending fellow vets a hand…
JIMMY REYES
Fostering communication and community…
JERROD KOON
Teaching men to end violence…
