The Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards help fund innovative applications of instructional technologies that impact student success and retention.

Since 2005, University of Iowa College of Education faculty scholars have been awarded more than $25 million in external funding. Current projects include everything from recruiting diverse doctoral students, to measuring the efficacy of play therapy, to an afterschool program encouraging girls to find strong role models in literature.

Former University of Iowa President Willard “Sandy” Boyd recalls the night in 1959 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave an address, titled “The Future of Integration" on campus: "Not only was the content strong, but the delivery was powerful.”

The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will present a Gallery Production, "Monopoly," written by Sarah Cho and directed by Ashley Pettit, at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 30-Feb. 1, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, in Theatre B of the UI Theatre Building.

Iowa native David Thoreson will open his photographic exhibit at the UI's Old Capitol Museum during a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23. His exhibit, “The Northwest Passage and Oceans Beyond: An Iowan Sails into History,” will be on display Jan. 23 through May 25.

Tonya Peeples, UI professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, was appointed in 2013 as the College of Engineering's first associate dean for diversity and outreach. In that role, she is organizing the college's efforts to attract more women and minorities to engineering.

University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who's making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.

Johna Leddy, associate professor of chemistry, explored improving electrochemical systems such as batteries and fuels to make them more efficient energy sources as a Fall 2013 Obermann Fellow-in-Residence.

Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

UI psychiatrist Robert Robinson offers comments and analysis of a new study that shows people who suffer traumatic brain injuries face an elevated risk of death from suicide or accidents for years to come.

Cedar Rapids is expecting a significant expansion in the number of specialty food stores in the next year, which UI marketing professor John Murry notes, "reflects the changing demand...customers want an increase in products that are tailored to specific needs.”

By this time next winter, the federal government aims to have better recommendations about when seasonal flu sufferers should return to school or work thanks to an international study that includes the University of Iowa.