In addition to natural science, Iowa Lakeside Laboratory offers a summer Entrepreneurship Institute and an Artist in Residence program, says educational coordinator Jane Shuttleworth.

The University of Iowa College of Education’s masters in educational leadership was ranked number 13 in the “U.S. News and World Report” 2014 Best Online Programs for Veterans.

The International Writing Program has announced the University of Iowa’s first creative writing MOOC (Massive Open Online Course): How Writers Write Poetry, now open for enrollment. The free course runs June 28-Aug. 9 and will include discussions and workshops.

Thanks to a University of Iowa online degree program, Mason City resident and busy mom Sheila Allison will graduate this May with a Bachelor of Applied Science, a condition for getting the position of Medical Records System Administrator at Mercy Cancer Center in Mason City.

The UI Center for Teaching and ITS-Instructional Services are sponsoring a Faculty Institute, "Releasing Your Inner Performer: Strategies for Memorable Classroom Delivery" on May 19-20. The institute will provide an opportunity to learn, practice, and perhaps perfect a variety of classroom presentation skills.

Starting in May 2014, the Center for Teaching and ITS-Instructional Services will work with a group of UI faculty members who have identified a learning need in their students and would like to find or help devise a game to help students address that learning challenge.

Osage resident Emily Kuper says thanks to the University of Iowa's online degree program, she was able to obtain her Bachelor of Science in Nursing without leaving her home, fiancé, or job.

Denise Veatch Cofas was able to realize her dream of obtaining a bachelor's degree thanks to a UI Division of Continuing Education distance learning program, and is proud to say she's "a Hawkeye through and through."

Groundwater and public health experts will discuss will a range of topics related to groundwater contaminants and their potential health effects at the Iowa Groundwater and Public Health Symposium on March 11 in Des Moines.

The Operator Performance Laboratory in the UI College of Engineering and the UI REACH program in the UI College of Education are featured on the new Iowa edition of "BTN LiveBIG Iowa" airing Saturday Jan. 25, at 3 p.m. CST.

Marc Armstrong, professor in the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences and the chair of the Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature, has been appointed associate dean for Graduate and Online Education in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), effective Jan. 15, 2014.

The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is known for many things—its research enterprise, its curriculum and learning opportunities, and its faculty—but one of the hallmarks of the college is its success and commitment in the area of primary care.