The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine will host the 6th annual Carver Black and Gold Mile Run from 8 to 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, at the university’s Francis X. Cretzmeyer Track, 105 1st Ave. in Coralville.

A workplace that is truly diverse, equitable, and inclusive requires a change in culture. As part of this effort, leaders established a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force. Task force members are charged with implementing meaningful strategies that will make a measurable difference for all marginalized faculty, staff, and trainees, including Black, Indigenous, and people of color at UI Health Care.

Growing up in the South helped shape the person Andrea Marshall, PhD, is today. Marshall encourages young Black students to consider scientific careers.

Radiation Sciences students Madison Graeve, Miranda Olson, and Conner Wharff receive Scot Heery Scholarships.

Antentor Hinton, PhD, was recently recognized by the blacklist100, created to amplify emerging voices within the Black community that represent bold, innovative, and culture-making thought-leadership.

Steven Varga, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology in the UI Carver College of Medicine, has been selected to serve as chair of the Virology B Study Section of the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health.

University of Iowa is participating in a large-scale, international clinical trial to study the safety, tolerability, immunogenicity, and efficacy of vaccines against COVID-19.

Nolan Ford spent much of his childhood at University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital watching his sister fight cancer. The experience motivated him to pursue a medical career.

Drs. Ferguson and Hock received a prestigious Innovation Grant from the American Medical Association (AMA) as part of the AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education Program.

New research has identified the specific brain cells that control how much sugar you eat and how much you crave sweet tasting food.