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A young man poses for his photo outdoors on a sunny day.Anthony Ferguson started a community organization, Young, Black, and Educated. Photo by Bill Adams.
Young, Black, and Educated
Published: 2013.05.15 | By Betsy Bates | 7:00 AM
Published: 2013.05.15
By Betsy Bates
7:00 AM
Junior Anthony Ferguson initially came to the University of Iowa in the fall of 2011 to play for the Hawkeye football team. However, after one season, he felt a calling to something greater. He left the team and created a community organization, Young, Black, and Educated. Story
 

First Friday celebrates Vélo Love

Published: 
2013.04.29 | By Marianna Gunn | 10:56 AM
A close up photo of a portion of a bicycle with the words "Vélo Love" superimposed on the photo

Get some Vélo Love at the next University of Iowa Museum of Art First Friday reception from 5-7 p.m. Friday, May 3 at hotelVetro. For $5, indulge in beverages and hors d’oeuvres and get an up-close look at hand-built bicycles made by UI students. Story

Spotlight: Rivers as Bridges

International Accents: Spotlight: Rivers as Bridges
Published: 
2013.04.22
UI student Kyra Seay poses with a new friend she made in China on the Rivers as Bridges program

Two UI students, Kyra Seay and Tess Haverkamp, recently traveled to China on the Rivers as Bridges program that examines the sister-river relationship of the Mississippi River in the U.S. and the Yangtze River in China. Story from: International Accents

International Accents

Welch comments on Iowa's new reading assessments

Quad-City Times: Welch comments on Iowa's new reading assessments
Published: 
2013.04.27
Jane Addams Elementary School third-graders Carter Morrell, 9, and Kadene Tatum, 9, work on reading together. Quad-City Times photo by Larry Fisher

Cathy Welch, director of statewide testing programming for the Iowa Testing Programs at the UI College of Education, says Iowa's new reading assessment tests determine a child's ability to not just read the words on a page but comprehend them in a story that is part of a series. Story from: Quad-City Times

Quad-City Times

UI's Belin-Blank Center recognizes top Iowa high schools for AP participation

Published: 
2013.04.29 | By Maureen Marron | 07:00 AM

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

Deadline May 1 to register for May 16 graduation and recognition reception

Published: 
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

iExploreSTEM Festival comes to Muscatine

Published: 
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

UI Clothesline Project creates awareness of sexual assault

Iowa City Patch: UI Clothesline Project creates awareness of sexual assault
Published: 
2013.04.25
The clothesline project displays T-shirts that represent sexual assault victims and survivors on the Pentacrest

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. Story from: Iowa City Patch

Iowa City Patch

Mentoring Moscow

Published: 
2013.04.26 | By Heather Spangler | 08:42 AM
a 10-member delegation from Moscow visits with UI officials on campus.

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

Engineering a better workforce

Published: 
2013.04.26 | By UI Alumni Association | 08:26 AM

A UI Alumni Association networking event on Friday, May 10 will show how the UI College of Engineering is using science, technology, education, and mathematics education to prepare the workforce of the future. Story

Getting to 'yes'

Published: 
2013.04.26 | By UI Alumni Association | 08:25 AM

A free University of Iowa Alumni Association event offers tips on improving the negotiation skills that are an essential part of work and home life. Story

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