For the fifth consecutive year, George Washington High School in Cedar Rapids is the top Advanced Placement school in Iowa, according to the Iowa AP Index. The index was developed nine years ago by the University of Iowa College of Education's Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development. Story
2013.04.28 | By University Communication and Marketing | 10:47 AM
University of Iowa and Iowa City Police continue to search for a suspect involved in the stabbing of two men during an altercation downtown near Washington and Dubuque streets early Sunday morning. Story
2013.04.26 | By University Communication and Marketing | 11:38 AM
University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend the third annual Center for Diversity and Enrichment and Office of Graduate Inclusion Graduation and Recognition Reception Thursday, May 16. Though free and open to the public, the deadline is May 1 to register. Story
2013.04.26 | By Sara Steussy and Jackie Stolze | 10:32 AM
Iowa’s K-12 students are invited to experience firsthand how much fun science and math can be at the free, public iExploreSTEM Festival planned from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at the Lucille A. Carver Mississippi Riverside Environmental Research Station on the banks of the Mississippi River near Muscatine. Story
The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will present the 2013 Iowa New Play Festival, the most ambitious new-play festival in collegiate theater, with readings and staged productions May 5–11 in the UI Theatre Building. The full productions of new scripts from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop will be presented at 5:30 and 9 p.m. May 5, 6, 8, 9, and 11. Story
Hundreds of T-shirts, each with a different message, lined clotheslines on the UI Pentacrest lawn Thursday as part of the Rape Victim Advocacy Program's Clothesline Project, part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
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Cindy Seyfer, director of student employment and senior associate director in the University of Iowa Office of Student Financial Aid, has received the 2013 Lola Lopes Award for Undergraduate Student Advocacy. Story
Stephanie Patterson, a graduate student in bassoon performance in the University of Iowa School of Music, embraced her entrepreneurial side in order to highlight women composers. Using Kickstarter, Patterson raised funds to present a concert, "Iowa Celebration of Women Composers," on Friday, April 19 in Iowa City. Video
A 10-member delegation from one of Russia’s premier research institutions visited the University of Iowa this past week to gather ideas to help improve its growing university. The visit was hosted primarily by the UI College of Education's Belin-Blank Center. Story
