The Rules of Influence
These DMU alumni are racking up millions of views and followers on television and social platforms — all while helping their audience live healthier lives.
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Des Moines University Wins National 2025 UCDA Design Award
Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences has earned an award of excellence in the 2025 University & College Designers’ Association’s Design Awards.
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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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Des Moines University Named a 2025 Great College to Work For
DMU has been named a 2025 Great College to Work For®, a national workplace recognition program administered by ModernThink and showcased by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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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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DMU Marketing Department Receives Five CASE Awards
The DMU Marketing and Communications Department has won five prestigious 2024 Best of District VI from CASE.
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DMU Podiatric Experts Featured in the Media
Two Des Moines University faculty members were recently consulted for their expert insights on lower limb, feet and ankle health.
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Garvin Reveals the Stories Written in Our Bones
Professor of Anatomy Heather Garvin, Ph.D., D-ABFA, teaches from behind the podium and on the witness stand.
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Are Humans Heating Up Earth? If So, It May Not Be the First Time
DMU Associate Professor Co-Authors Science Journal Article This summer’s record-high global temperatures are increasing concerns about the impact of human-caused climate change, but this may not the first time people have helped raise the heat on Earth: A group of
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Polk County Provides $1 Million To New Health Care Workforce Collaborative
The Polk County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday announced a $1 million grant for the creation of a new Health Care Workforce Collaborative in Central Iowa. The funds will have a direct impact on recruiting and retaining a vibrant health
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