A University of Iowa study shows that older people can put off the aging of their minds by playing a simple game that primes their processing speed skills. The research showed participants' cognitive skills improved in a range of functions, from improving peripheral vision to problem solving. Results published in the journal "PLOS One." Story
Robin Hemley, director of the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, will read from "Nola: A Memoir of Faith, Art, and Madness," at 7 p.m. Friday, May 10, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website. Story
Loren Glass, professor in the University of Iowa Department of English, will read from his new book, "Counterculture Colophon: Grove Press, the Evergreen Review, and the Incorporation of the Avant-Garde," at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. Story
Fatih Yildiz, the Turkish consul general in Chicago, is visiting the University of Iowa campus and local community to strengthen relationships and expand trade in Iowa.
Story from: The Daily Iowan
The Global Precipitation Measurement mission is an international satellite project that will set a new standard for precipitation measurement from space—in Iowa first, during the UI testing phase, and later, around the world—by providing estimates of rainfall and other precipitation events every three hours. The mission's Core Observatory, provided by NASA and mission partner Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, will launch in early 2014. Story
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
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
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
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
