Volunteering at the University of Iowa exhibit at the State Fair is a great way to connect with Iowans from all over the state or even right in your own department. UI staff member Amy Green talks about these engaging experiences.

More than 30 students from around the world converged on the University of Iowa campus this summer for six weeks doing innovative research in a biology lab. Their experiences were part of the University of Iowa College of Education’s Belin-Blank Center's Secondary Student Training Program.

Babies born to overweight mothers gain less weight and grow more slowly than those born to normal-weight mothers, a University of Iowa study has found. But they do catch up, meaning that pediatricians should refrain from boosting their nutrition, which could make matters worse. Results appear in the Journal of Pediatrics.

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Picture yourself as Napoleon Bonaparte or sit for a photo of yourself with a Hawkeye background. Dissect a virtual cadaver. Learn how to participate in biomedical research and actually do so. It’s all part of the University of Iowa booth at this year’s Iowa State Fair, Aug. 9-19.

Nearly 60 teacher “externs” from across Iowa are participating in the Iowa Mathematics & Science Education Partnership’s Real World Externship Program for Teachers of Mathematics and Sciences. The program, now in its fourth year, aims to give math and science teachers real-world experience using science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) concepts.

A UI study headed by Maria Kraimer found that workers for multinational companies who have spent time on a foreign assignment don’t feel fully appreciated for their global experience, leading to a higher-than-normal turnover rate.

Robert Wallace, the director of the University of Iowa Center on Aging, says there are good reasons why Iowa City ranks second among the best places to grow old. Subscription required.

University of Iowa political science emeritus Michael Lewis-Beck has developed an election-prediction model that sifts decades of data.

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.

The University of Iowa Council on Disability Awareness (CDA) recently announced its new officers for 2012-13—Carly Armour, Teresa Kout, Kathy Ford, and Deanna Carter.

The late Philip G. Hubbard, University of Iowa emeritus vice president and emeritus professor of mechanical engineering, will be honored posthumously Friday, Aug. 3 with an induction into the Iowa African-American Hall of Fame at The Meadows Event Center, Altoona, Iowa.