This fall, the Des Moines Register and Workplace Dynamics confirmed what DMU employees already knew: The University is one of Iowa’s 150 “Top Workplaces.” Based only on employee evaluations, Top Workplaces celebrates those Iowa companies that have the state’s best
DMU named one of Iowa’s “Top 150 Workplaces” Read More
As they educate and mentor students, touch the lives of patients and work tirelessly in their professions and communities, the 2016 Des Moines University Alumni of the Year inspire others to aspire. Alumni of the Year honorees are selected by
Give ‘em a cheer: the DMU Alumni of the Year Read More
Des Moines University has been named a “2016 Great College to Work For” by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The honor is based on responses of DMU employees to the Chronicle’s “Great Colleges to Work For®” survey, administered by ModernThink
Faculty, staff say DMU is a “Great College” Read More
This fall, when Des Moines University celebrates the impact that its Glanton Fund has on students and the health professions, it also will highlight the impact the Hubbell family, longtime Des Moines citizens and leaders, had on DMU’s very existence.
DMU names longtime Des Moines family the 2016 Glanton honorees Read More
Congratulations to Julie Meachen, Ph.D., for securing the first National Science Foundation (NSF) grant awarded to a Des Moines University faculty member. Dr. Meachen is being awarded $400,000 to support her project in Wyoming’s Natural Trap Cave in collaboration with
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Congratulations, Brianne Sanchez! DMU’s community relations manager this week received the Amy Jennings YPC Impact Award of the Greater Des Moines Young Professionals Connection. In addition to her great work in engaging DMU in the central Iowa community, Brianne is
DMU’s Brianne Sanchez wins Young Professional of the Year Award Read More
Demonstrating our DMU pride This Honor Roll expresses DMU’s deep gratitude toward the people and organizations that contributed financially during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014. These donors help maintain the University as one
2013-2014 Honor Roll of Donors Read More
The desire to make an impact, extraordinary surgical expertise and some coincidental DMU connections came together in the past year to save one life and change others. THE DECISION – Early last summer, David Drake, D.O.’83, wrote a letter to
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What exactly is wrong with America’s health care system, and how can it be fixed? ACCORDING TO THE COMMONWEALTH FUND, a private foundation that seeks to promote a high-performing health care system, the U.S. ranks last among 11 industrialized countries on health
Number one in cost, number 11 in quality Read More
We are in a world of pain. From the prick of our first booster to the aches of arthritis, we experience pain at all ages in a variety of ways. Pain can range from irritating to excruciating, but it always serves a
