British actor Colin Firth turned out an Oscar-nominated performance in his recent movie, “A Single Man,” but his Feb. 3 interview with Terry Gross on the public radio program “Fresh Air” turned up an item that’s just as cool: Firth’s maternal grandfather, John Rolles, graduated from Des Moines Still College of Osteopathy and Surgery (now DMU) in 1952.
An early global health crusader, with a celebrity connection Read More
DMU Trustee Willie Stevenson Glanton, J.D., was honored with an invitation to the White House in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
DMU trustee ‘almost in awe’ at White House celebration Read More
The $77.2 million for defense projects across Iowa, approved by Congress and President Barack Obama as part of the 2010 Department of Defense appropriations bill, included $1.2 million for trauma response simulation training for Iowa National Guard medical personnel at DMU’s Iowa Simulation Center for Patient Safety and Clinical Skills.
DMU gets defense funds to train military medics Read More
Two students in DMU’s master of biomedical sciences (M.B.S.) degree program won research awards within two weeks of each other in January.
M.B.S. students land research awards Read More
Delivering health care in a third-world country can test any provider’s mettle. Heather Fowler has shown hers is made of steel.
Too poor to boil water Read More
This DMU grad gives new meaning to the phrase, “abs (and everything else) of steel.”
She’s a champion lightweight – really! Read More
Orthopedic surgeon, Ironman, endurance athlete, triathlete, team doctor, sports medicine symposium leader and father, Gerardo Goldberger says, “Multi-tasking is second nature.”
Living life to an exhilarating extreme Read More
Thomas Selznick, D.O.’81, dearly loves being a doctor. The family physician in Livonia, MI, doesn’t mind the stress or long hours. He gives patients his cell phone number and always answers when they call.
DMU grad ‘America’s most loved’ doctor Read More
DMU student Amy Hynek and her family’s rollicking band, Pumptown, may not be the only group to perform with a wide variety of musical instruments. But it may be the only one to incorporate a conch shell, a Maori war chant and topics like bacon – and make it all musically irresistible.
Pumptown serves up musical smorgasbord Read More
In 1987, Kathleen Satterfield arrived in Des Moines ready to dive into her studies in the College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery but utterly not ready for Iowa’s winters. Luckily for her, Rebecca Stills, a secretary in the college, came to her rescue with a pair of gloves, a scarf and hat.
Beloved staffer inspires scholarship Read More