Nick Colangelo, director of the University of Iowa College of Education's Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education, comments on the State of Iowa's success in AP test-taking over the last 20 years. According to the Center's AP Index, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City have four of the five highest test-taking schools in the state.

Two University of Iowa faculty, Rebecca Slayton and Ginger Yang, discuss their respective areas of expertise, preventing tooth decay and the cost of sexual violence.

Christopher Brochu, University of Iowa associate professor of geoscience, identified a 27-foot-long crocodile, different from any species of crocodile previously known.

University of Iowa computer science professors Ted Herman and Jim Cremer discuss their class that focuses on building computer apps.

Doug Jones, University of Iowa associate professor of computer science and co-author of Broken Ballots: Will Your Vote Count? comments on the difficulty of getting voting software right.

A knack for identifying problems and creating solutions earns Helena Dettmer the Lola Lopes Award for Undergraduate Student Advocacy.

University of Iowa associate professor of education Deborah Linebarger talks about her new study that examines the impact on children of television playing in the background. (Starts at 31:30 mark.)

University of Iowa paleontologist Christopher Brochu has discovered the fossilized remains of a 27-foot ancient crocodile that may have eaten humans whole.

Through a $1.87 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, three University of Iowa College of Education faculty plan to improve the quality of education for K-12 English Language Learners (ELL) in Iowa’s schools.

Susan G. Assouline, associate director of the University of Iowa College of Education's Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education, comments on the importance of comprehensively evaluating twice exceptional students.

New research by University of Iowa professor Phillip Lutgendorf explains how tea became increasingly popular in India during the 20th century.

University of Iowa professor Michael Hill explains that rap became an increasingly popular form of music when white suburban kids started listening to it as a form of rebellion in the 1990s.