Health

Future health professionals get real-world experience through competitive summer program

The Summer Health Professional Education Program is always highly competitive. This year, four UNI students rose to the top of the applicant pile.

WATCH: See how a degree in movement and exercise science sets you up for a physical therapy career

Movement and exercise science is the most popular major for students pursuing physical therapy. And it's a degree you can earn at UNI!

WATCH: See how a speech pathology degree from UNI prepares you for success!

Get an up-close look at the speech pathology major at the University of Northern Iowa by hearing from student Deepthy Nair about her experiences.

Iowa’s only dementia simulation house, run by UNI gerontology, helps increase empathy

UNI gerontology and the Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging have united to create a dementia simulation house that reduces stigma and increases empathy.

Students share their vaccination stories

Starting Monday, fully vaccinated students could claim a $25 UNI Bookstore gift card. 

When the return to “normal” doesn’t quite feel that way

Almost half of all adults in the U.S. are now fully vaccinated, but for them the return to normal may not feel as they expected it to. UNI psychology professor Nicholas Schwab says it’s important we all be understanding of each other and the anxiety some feel with the return to pre-pandemic life.