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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Drax, a therapy dog, sits by students at Trowbridge Hall at the University of Iowa on Tuesday November 14, 2023.

(Theodore Retsinas/The Daily Iowan)

New therapy dog Drax attends UI class, aids in instruction

Roxy Ekberg, News Reporter November 15, 2023

At Trowbridge Hall, an academic building on the east side of the University of Iowa’s campus, a new, four-legged staff member, Drax the two-and-a-half-year-old Bernese Mountain Dog, has taken up...

Facility dogs Corrin and Nacho meet members of the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital Child Life team on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023.

UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital receives two furry helpers

Jack Moore, News Reporter September 4, 2023

The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital's brought two new dogs, Corrin and Nacho, into the hospital for animal-assisted therapy for patients through a new program this fall.  Funded...