Ideal weather, a distinguished grand marshal, honored “milestone” alumni, a compelling keynote speaker and, of course, the elation of earning their 472 DMU degrees made Commencement a joyous occasion for graduates, their loved ones and all members of the DMU
472 degrees of happiness Read More
Race toward downtown, take a lap around the Pappajohn Sculpture Park and run back uphill to the Des Moines University campus at Run DMU. The eighth annual event kicks off on Friday, September 11, at 5:45 p.m. with pre-race stretching
Dash down Grand and back to DMU in University’s annual 5K Read More
Taunts and teasing did not deter students from dropping their deans into the dunk tank at the second annual DMU Palooza. One by one, the University’s three deans —Jodi Cahalan, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S., PA-C, DFAAPA (College of Health Sciences) ; J.D. Polk, D.O.,
Students step right up to dunk their deans at DMU Palooza Read More
The University’s annual DMU Day at the Fair is the rare opportunity for the public to experience osteopathic manual medicine (OMM) within a horseshoe’s throw of corn dogs, country singers and miniature ponies. On the first Sunday of the Iowa State Fair, Des
DMU Day: a family af-Fair Read More
DMU helped organize an event that gave central Iowa kids, many from uninsured and under-insured families, a healthy start to the school year and offered DMU students invaluable opportunities to apply their clinical skills and cultural competency training. The University
Giving kids a healthy start to the school year Read More
Heroes present, past and future will be honored at Des Moines University’s 12th annual Glanton Minority Scholarship Fund Dinner on Oct. 8, 2015, at the Meadows Convention Center of Prairie Meadows in Altoona. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, J.D., served as president
DMU to honor Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, Ed Skinner at Glanton Dinner Read More
On Feb. 6, 1951, a poor African American tobacco farmer named Henrietta Lacks entered the ward for colored women at Johns Hopkins Hospital to begin treatment for invasive cervical cancer. While she was unconscious on the operating table, the surgeon
“Illegal, immoral, deplorable” – and so critical to medical advancement Read More
On Feb. 10, first-year DMU students Jonathan Pickos and Iaswarya “Ice” Ganapathiraju experienced something rare and wonderful amid the stress of medical school: They threw a pie at the face of their anatomy professor, Muhammad Spocter, Ph.D. The two tossed
Campus, hair clippers and Cool Whip come together to support cancer research Read More
Members of the DMU classes of 1990, 1965 and earlier years were celebrated as “medallion alumni” during this year’s reunion, May 21-23. Reunion attendees included James Johnston, D.O.’65, and his wife, Virginia, who was named the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery
The DMU campus was alive and well during this year’s DMU Commencement week festivities. Click the image below each event to view more photos. Events kicked off on Friday, May 22, as our Doctor of Physical Therapy faculty and graduates came together to
Let’s celebrate the Class of 2015 Read More
