A University of Iowa study finds that employees who take part in training and professional development are more likely to stay with their companies only if they see attractive advancement opportunities.

A $150,000 grant secured by the University of Iowa College of Education’s Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development will help provide services to “twice exceptional” students—or gifted students with learning, behavioral, emotional, and/or social impairments—their families, and educators.

The 2012 UI Faculty/Staff/Student 2-Person Scramble golf tournament, sponsored by UI Recreational Services, will be held on Saturday, July 14, at Finkbine Golf Course in Iowa City.

University of Iowa associate professor of political science Tim Hagle and associate professor of computer science Doug Jones talk about the attempts made to improve the U.S. voting process.

Computer voting expert Douglas Jones says recommendations for managing GOP primary voting are "sensible."

International Writing Program alumnus Roberto Ampuero, who is both a UI faculty member and Chile's ambassador to Mexico, recalls his childhood living near the Nobel-winning poet Pablo Neruda.

University of Iowa neuroscientist and assistant professor of marketing William Hedgcock discusses the use of fMRI to show what happens in the brain when a person loses self-control.

The so-called "achievement gap" is something schools inherit, not something they create, says Peter Hlebowitsh. The key to closing that gap rests in the hands of parents. Visit libraries, participate in community programs, or simply read with your child during summer break.

Several University of Iowa faculty are available to provide the media with legal and health care analysis for the Supreme Court's ruling in the health care reform law case.

University of Iowa leisure studies faculty member Benjamin Hunnicutt explains what's behind the shrinking of the American summer vacation.

University of Iowa internal medicine researcher Christopher Adams describes appeal of apple compound.

University of Iowa political scientist Wenfang Tang describes changes in the Chinese Central Committee.