BTN.com LiveBIG Staff, June 2, 2016

[btn-post-package]The University of Iowa is a groundbreaking institution. In 1855 - before the American Civil War - it enacted a policy of admitting male and female students on an equal basis, the first public university in the United States to do so.

And this university is still a positive force for change, in many cases well beyond Iowa City. From its first-class creative writing program to its international engineering efforts, the Hawkeyes are affecting the world in many powerful ways.

Here are a few of our favorite LiveBIG stories that show how Iowa enables education, innovation and altruism:

Iowa organization builds bridges to better futures

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Hawkeyes get inspirational leadership from ?Captains?

 

Iowa students research water and wildlife in the ?Big Muddy?

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Iowa?s Center for the Book borrows pages from the past

 

Iowa hospital patients get by with a little help from ?Furry Friends?

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