Completed in 1952, this building on the northeast edge of the UI health sciences campus houses the Veterans Affairs Iowa City Health Care System, which provides numeoous research and educational opportunities for UI faculty and students and serves a veteran population of more than 217,000. More than 45,000 veterans from eastern Iowa and western Illinois are treated here every year.

The completion of the Dental Science Building in 1973 brought the College of Dentistry from the east side of the Iowa River to the health sciences campus. The Dental Science Building was the first on campus equipped to offer lessons to students via closed-circuit television. Recent renovations and the addition of a Simulation Clinic, with 80 units and networked computers, continue the College’s tradition of using technology to advance education.

Established by the Iowa Legislature in 1947, the UI Hospitals and Clinics Center for Disabilities and Development operated out of Westlawn until 1954. An addition in 1965 provided more room for the center, the only tertiary program of its kind in Iowa. Originally named the Iowa Hospital School for Severely Handicapped Children and then the University Hospital School, the center changed its name in 2001 to reflect the wider range of medical, educational, and mental health services it provides for people with disabilities or special needs.

Built in 1967, the Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center houses the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology. Named after Wendell Johnson, a UI graduate, professor, and international expert in speech disorders, the building houses divisions in speech and hearing sciences, audiology, language disorders, cleft palate, neurogenic communication problems, and a number of other areas.

Recognized by its Gothic tower, General Hospital, completed in 1928, is the founding structure of today’s University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. General Hospital served as the entire UI hospital complex until the mid-1950s. Today, a walk across the complex will take you further than a mile. UI Hospitals and Clinics admits 41,000 patients during the typical year, employs more than 7,000 staff members, and is one of the largest teaching hospitals in the country.

The largest departmental library in the UI library system, the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences was built in 1974 and combined the medical, dental, pharmacy, nursing, and speech pathology collections. In 1988 the library was renamed the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences in honor of Robert C. Hardin, dean of the College of Medicine from 1962 to 1969. The present collection contains 350,000 volumes and receives nearly 3,000 periodical titles. In addition, the library has a large amount of space for research and reading, and can accommodate over 1,000 users.

Originally named the Psychopathic Hospital and then the Psychiatric Hospital, this building served as an inpatient facility until 1990, when it was renamed the Medical Education Building. The building includes a teaching laboratory that accommodates up to 250 students, research laboratories, faculty offices for the psychiatry department, and the Graduate Program in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science.

Built in 1991, the UI Carver College of Medicine administrative offices are found in the center of the College’s physical facilities. The building is connected to the Eckstein Medical Research Building, Medical Laboratories, and the Medical Research Center, providing access to many teaching and research areas as well as UI Hospitals and Clinics.

Eckstein Medical Research Building (EMRB) is named after John W. Eckstein, dean of the medical college from 1970 to 1990. Completed in 1989, the building’s courtyard features the “Gateway to Self-Realization,” one of the last works completed by artist Robert Arneson before he died. Today, EMRB holds most of the UI Carver College of Medicine core facilities, as well as research laboratories.

Completed in 1927, “Med Labs” was funded by the state of Iowa and a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. It housed the University’s medical library and the State Board of Health Laboratories. Currently laboratories and administrative and faculty offices are found there. In 1957, Med Labs was connected to the General Hospital by the Medical Research Center.

Completed in 1963, the Pharmacy Building provided a home for the pharmacy college. The building is conveniently located near the hospital. A building addition was completed in 1996 and named the Dale E. Wurster Center for Pharmaceutical Technology after the longtime dean.

This unique building, completed in 1972, was designed by Walter Netsch and features the field theory of design, which incorporates geometric influences to create “environmental modules” that serve as working spaces. It is home to many of the College's basic science departments, including anatomy and cell biology, biochemistry, microbiology, pharmacology, and physiology and biophysics. Originally named the Basic Medical Building, its name was changed in 1981 to honor Howard R. Bowen, UI president from 1964 to 1969.

Constructed on the site of the former Steindler Building, the Medical Education and Research Facility represents the largest capital project in University of Iowa history. On the first two floors of the building is the Sahai Medical Education Center. Laboratory and research spaces include the Roy J. Carver Molecular Science Research Center and the Roland and Ruby Holden Cancer Research Laboratories.

The newest addition to the UI health sciences campus, the Carver Biomedical Research Building provides laboratory space for investigators in pediatrics, internal medicine, physiology and biophysics, and otolaryngology. The state-of-the-art facility is home to the Center for Muscular Dystrophy and also houses one 800 MHz and two 500 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance imaging devices. Its seven floors contain about 135,000 gross square feet of space.

Built in 1920, Westlawn was originally called West Lawn Nurses’ Home, and served as a residence hall for nursing students until 1964. Today, the building includes offices for the colleges of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing as well as the University’s Student Health Service, University Counseling Service, Creative Media Group, the Children’s Miracle Network, and Health Science Relations.

Before the Nursing Building was completed in 1971, the College of Nursing was housed in part of Westlawn. Under the leadership of Laura C. Dustan, nursing dean at the time, the building was constructed on a limestone bluff that overlooks the Iowa River. Today, lecture halls are equipped with modern technology, and interactive Iowa Communications Network classrooms increase access to nursing education programs for students throughout the state.