The University of Iowa College of Education is celebrating its new brand, "Leaders. Scholars. Innovators," with a launch party from 3-4 p.m. Friday, May 3, at the Lindquist Center Courtyard. Story
Iowa’s top high school math and science students will visit the University of Iowa campus Feb. 28 and March 1 to present research at the annual Iowa Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. The event is hosted by the UI College of Education’s Belin-Blank Center. Story
Nicholas Colangelo, who founded and directed the University of Iowa College of Education's Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development, is stepping down at the end of this month after 25 years as an advocate for gifted education. Story
UI educational psychologist David Lohman suggests one way to boost the number of minority students identified as gifted is to use local norms on ability and achievement tests to boost the number of academically talented minority students served by school-based talent development programs.
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David Lohman, a University of Iowa professor of educational psychology, says that students often don't understand what they are supposed to do as part of a new test for admission into New York City's gifted and talented program.
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More than 30 students from around the world converged on the University of Iowa campus this summer for six weeks doing innovative research in a biology lab. Their experiences were part of the University of Iowa College of Education’s Belin-Blank Center's Secondary Student Training Program. Story
Two gifts of $500,000 each have helped the Connie Belin and Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development, which is part of the University of Iowa College of Education, make major headway in its $2.5 million fundraising campaign to celebrate the center’s 25th anniversary in 2013. Story
