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.

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History continues its fall Movies@MNH series at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, in Macbride Auditorium. This month’s film feature is “Lost Nation—The Ioway” in celebration of Native American Heritage Month.

"The Fossil Guy" series continues at the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History on Saturday, Nov. 10, at 2 p.m., with “When the Mammoths Roamed Iowa." Each program consists of a 30-minute talk by Don Johnson, a local amateur paleontologist. The free public events are held in Macbride Auditorium.

A recent study by University of Iowa scientists published in Developmental Psychology shows certain kinds of variation in words may help early readers learn better.

Sauvik Goswami, the UI Student Government diversity liaison for the 2012-13 academic year, enjoys sharing his culture through events such as Diwali, the Indian Festival of Lights, which will be celebrated Saturday, Nov. 3, on the UI campus.

During the month of November, people will see red flags on the University of Iowa campus as part of The Red Flag campaign, spearheaded by the UI Men's Anti-Violence Council and the UI Women's Resource and Action Center, to educate college students about dating violence.

How do you recover from a natural disaster like Hurricane Sandy, which is estimated to have caused billions of dollars in economic losses, as well as emotional damages from the rising death toll? An upcoming UI workshop will examine several recent worldwide disasters in an attempt to answer that question.

Iowa Now subscribers now have greater say over what stories are delivered to their email in-boxes, and when and how they receive them.

A University of Iowa Hawkeye Poll released Wednesday indicates a much tighter race in Iowa, with President Barack Obama having a slight edge, with 42.7 percent of all respondents indicating they would vote for him and 41 percent indicating they would vote for Gov. Mitt Romney.

A portion of Highway 6, between North Riverside Drive and the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, will be reduced to one lane each direction this weekend.

Most University of Iowa employees will see little difference in their benefits options this year. A few, however, will notice considerable changes—but they will add value.

Seven Russian educators visiting the University of Iowa campus are exploring best practices in student services and the vital role of extracurricular activities at the UI.