University of Iowa undergraduates are increasingly planning their coursework with an eye toward the job market. Earning a certificate via one of the university's 21 interdisciplinary certificate programs gives students the opportunity to add credentials to their degrees and make their résumés and transcripts stand out.

The University of Iowa Pomerantz Career Center is hosting a free webinar designed to help parents assist students seeking jobs or internships.

The University of Iowa is one of five higher education institutions partnering to create the Tanager Place Research Center. The goal is to pool expertise to help troubled children and their families through research projects that will impact policy and practice.

Thanks to expertise in the University of Iowa College of Education's new doctoral program in Couple and Family Therapy, the UI is one of five institutions partnering to create the Tanager Place Research Center that will help children and families with mental health care support.

Just because you’re really smart doesn’t mean you are supremely self-confident. That’s according to University of Iowa College of Education researchers who report that gifted children with attention deficit hyperactivity-disorder have lower self-esteem than their intellectual peers.

Iowa's children are healthy, happy, and feel safe in their communities and in their schools. Those are the findings from a University of Iowa-led survey of children and households in the state. The 2010 Iowa Child and Family Household Health Survey is the only statewide, population-based study of the health and well being of the state’s children.

An estimated 4,000 University of Iowa students will move into residence halls Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 15 and 16, creating changes in traffic flow and access around the main residence halls.

University of Iowa students, staff, faculty, and visitors now have a centralized location for campus information, event tickets, Iowa Memorial Union building assistance, and more.

Jackie Reger and Terry Wahls made reading an essential aspect of their children's upbringing. The parents will listen with pride as their son, Zach Wahls, reads from his lauded book, "My Two Moms," July 14 at the Iowa City Book Festival.

University of Iowa College of Education faculty member Deborah Linebarger will soon publish a study showing the average American child is exposed to almost four hours of background TV daily.

A new alcohol education program, eCheckup To Go, will survey UI students on their alcohol and tobacco habits, use that data to create an instant customized profile that includes alcohol use patterns, and break down the data into tangible financial and physical costs—like the cheeseburger caloric equivalent of their alcohol consumption.

From designing superior running shoes to developing a cure for testicular cancer, UI alumni are making their marks across the spectrum.