The Get to Know series asks University of Iowa faculty and staff a few questions about their work and their outside interests. Today we visit with Cory Forbes, assistant professor of science education in the College of Education's Department of Teaching and Learning who also is an Eagle Scout.

"U.S. News & World Report" ranks 26 University of Iowa graduate programs and colleges among the 25 best in the country among all public and private schools.

Dan Grinstead, a UI social work specialist, will share his personal story of enlisting in the Iowa Army National Guard at age 59, being deployed to Afghanistan, and returning home to help soldiers become citizens again at the Spencer Hospital as part of a continuing education program.

University of Iowa paleontologist Christopher Brochu comments on the latest fossils discovered in a massive expansion project, skulls of crocodilians, which are ancient relatives of alligators, though he was not involved with this new work.

A review of the annual report tops the agenda for the bi-monthly meeting of the Partnership for Alcohol Safety, to be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, in Room 203 of the Johnson County Health and Human Services Building, 855 South Dubuque St., Iowa City.

Researchers at the Advanced Manufacturing Technology group at the University of Iowa College of Engineering's Center for Computer Aided Design are working on 3D bioprinters to create replacement parts for damaged and failing human organs and tissue.

The University of Iowa and Iowa State University have teamed up to change licensing terms for companies to engage with research at the universities. The goal is to accelerate the process by which university-borne research is turned into products and services that benefit Iowans and others in the private sector.

With more Chinese students showing up on University of Iowa class rolls than ever before, the Henry B. Tippie College of Business last month invited its faculty and staff to a workshop to learn how to pronounce the students' names.

UI alumna Lisa Johnson is infusing an art residency program into the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory after participating in the UI Obermann Graduate Institute on Engagement and the Academy.

Chris Klitgaard, president and CEO of Coralville-based MediRevv, will speak as part of the MidwestOne Lecture Series at the University of Iowa’s John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center on Tuesday, March 26.

James Bleakley, who designs and builds bicycles, will present the University of Iowa Museum of Art’s annual Jeanne and Richard Levitt Lectureship: American Crafts in Context on Thursday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 240 of Art Building West. The event is free and open to the public.

Nick Benson, coordinator of the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities (IISC), is making new connections between the University of Iowa and Iowa communities. Benson is working to expand the IISC into a campus-wide initiative. The IISC recently formalized agreements with four Iowa communities for the 2013-2014 academic year: Muscatine, Cedar Rapids, Cedar Falls, and Washington.