The Global Warm Mix Asphalt Workshop will be held Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 30 and 31, at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Coralville, co-sponsored by the University of Iowa and several companies.

In an effort to deepen the pool of IT and web development workers in the state, the University of Iowa has developed a series of workshops and boot camps to develop Iowa’s workforce in cutting-edge technologies.

Fourteen staff members at the University of Iowa received 2013 awards for excellence presented by the UI Staff Council.

The University of Iowa Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center will co-sponsor FRIENDS Day, a conference for children and teens who stutter, their family members, and clinicians Saturday, Oct. 5 at Heartland Area Education Agency 11 in Johnston.

UI vice president for research Dan Reed wants to launch IT boot camps this year to help train Iowans in information technology and address shortages in the IT field.

UI students and others are encouraged to spend a fun and fascinating weekend learning about the cultural and natural history of the Iowa Great Lakes region. Registration will close Sept. 3 for the 22nd Natural History Weekend Sept. 6-8 at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory.

More than 130 Iowa and Illinois helping professionals attended the 33rd annual UI College of Education's IHelp Summer Workshops where they received continuing education credit and networking opportunities for community, agency, and education practitioners in helping fields.

Thanks to a recent grant, the University of Iowa School of Social Work will be leading an initiative to produce 30 web-based seminars (or webinars) for nursing home social workers—the first series of its kind nationally.

Partnerships with community colleges are one way the University of Iowa is reaching out to more students, UI President Sally Mason told The Messenger editorial board during a recent visit to Fort Dodge.

Plan to attend the Connie Belin and Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development's 25th anniversary celebration on Wednesday, July 10, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the Blank Honors Center. Festivities include an open house and building tours in recognition of the center's leadership, advocacy, and support it provides for talented and gifted children, their...

The FUTURE in Biomedicine program brings faculty and students from Iowa's primarily undergraduate institutions to work with UI biomedical scientists in summer-long research collaborations.

UI alumna Meg Bessman-Quintero is the only bilingual, master's-level mental health therapist practicing in the Sioux City area who counsels primarily Spanish-speaking immigrants and their families, filling a critical mental health niche in western Iowa.