Take Me Out to the Ball Park
Student groups have always been part of the DMU experience. Long before today’s labs and recreation spaces, students built community on the baseball field.
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Central State University and Des Moines University Announce Partnership
Central State University, a historically Black college and university in Wilberforce, Ohio, and Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences in West Des Moines, Iowa, announced a partnership that expands access and priority pathways for CSU students into DMU’s graduate medical and health science programs.
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Chadron State College and Des Moines University Announce Strategic Educational Partnership
Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska, and Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences in West Des Moines, Iowa, have announced a new partnership designed to create streamlined pathways for students pursuing advanced degrees in health care and biomedical sciences.
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2025 in Review: DMU’s Most Memorable Stories
From major milestones to quiet moments of impact, 2025 was a year of progress, purpose, pride — and beauty — at DMU. Let’s look back at some of the stories that made this year one to remember.
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DMU Professor Co-Authors Visual Atlas of the Human Skeleton from Birth to Adulthood
With the recent publication of “A Visual Atlas of Skeletal Growth and Development,” Heather Garvin, Ph.D., D-ABFA, professor of anatomy at Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences, is helping provide a much-needed resource for students and practitioners in anatomy, biological anthropology, human biology and health sciences.
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Celebrating Impact and Championing the Future: Highlights from the 2025 Glanton Event
On Wednesday, Oct. 22, Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences and the Des Moines community came together for an evening of celebration, inspiration and powerful storytelling at the 2025 Glanton Event presented by UnityPoint Health.
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Des Moines University and Beloit College Launch Partnership to Expand Health Sciences Pathways for Students
Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences and Beloit College, a private liberal arts institution in Beloit, Wisconsin, have entered a new partnership that opens doors for Beloit students seeking graduate-level health sciences programs at DMU.
Healing With a Beat
By day, they care for patients in clinics, hospitals and private practices. By night, they wield instruments and their voices, making music that heals in a different way. These Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences alumni are more than just health care professionals.
Good for Faculty. Good for Students. Good for the World.
Robert Good, DO’77, MACOI, and his wife, Brenda, have built a life rooted in partnership, purpose and generosity.
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Resurrecting the Past
Professor Julie Meachen weighs in on the groundbreaking (and controversial) de-extinction of the dire wolf and what it truly means for science.
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