This month showcases the rich culture of the native people of this land as well as honor the Native American and Indigenous People.

Congrats to Neuroscience Graduate Student, Ryan Betters! Ryan won the 2020 Kwak-Ferguson fellowship award for his research regarding neurodegenerative diseases. Read more about his work in the article attached! Read more here!

Congratulations to Rachel Schroeder (Stevens & Pieper Labs) on her successful thesis defense today, April 7th, 2021!

During the month of February the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Carver College of Medicine will be highlighting students for Black History Month. Check out the link to see the great highlight done on our very own, Micah Johnson in Rainbo Hultman's Lab.

Rachel Schroeder (Stevens & Pieper labs, Psychiatry) recently published a first-author publication: “Maternal P7C3-A20 Treatment Protects Offspring from Neuropsychiatric Sequelae of Prenatal Stress”, see more here: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ars.2020.8227, which was also featured in the Daily Iowan: https://dailyiowan.com/2021/02/04/iowa-and-ohio-researchers-discover-compound-with-the...

Congrats to Neuroscience Graduate Student, Maggie Tish! Maggie won the 2020 Kwak-Ferguson fellowship award for her research regarding neurodegenerative diseases. Read more about her work in the article attached! Read more here!

Black in Neuroscience week is here! The UI Neuroscience Graduate Program is honored to celebrate Black excellence in neuro-related fields. The first #BlackInNeuroWeek is July 27-Aug 2. Current student, Micah Johnson, is featured in one of the profiles Visit https://www.blackinneuro.com/ for details on live online events, daily hashtags and conversations, resources, and profiles.

Congratulations to James Kent (Voss Lab) on a successful thesis defense. James defended his thesis "Statistical Comparison of Methods Measuring Context Dependent Functional Connectivity" on Wednesday, July 15th. Congrats James!