John Hosp, professor and chair of the UI College of Education Department of Teaching and Learning, released a new book to help teachers resolve student learning and behavioral issues by making research-based decisions on what to teach and how to teach it.

A renowned student-run journal at the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication begins its fourth decade of continuous publication.

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Researchers found that patients who suffered ventromedial prefrontal cortex damage early in life, unlike patients in whom the brain injury occurred during adulthood, endorsed significantly more self-serving judgments that broke moral rules or inflicted harm on others.

Archaeologist Simon James will give a lecture, “Isle of Druids and Celtic Warriors? Britain on the Eve of Roman Invasion” Monday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. in Art Building West on the University of Iowa campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Of the 30 stations that were part of the Cedar Rapids Science Center’s Brain Awareness Week, seven were created and facilitated by UI College of Education students from clinical instructor Ted Neal’s science education classes. School groups came to the Science Center to walk through rooms full of different interactive educational stations about the brain.

A University of Iowa graduate used her science background and personal desire for natural products to launch a soap and skin care business in her native Egypt.

The University of Iowa's MAUI student-information system has won a "Model of Efficiency" award from University Business Magazine.

The University of Iowa is partnering with six colleges in the state to create an accelerated degree program that allows students to apply credits earned during the first year of law school toward the final year of their undergraduate degree—eliminating a year of coursework.

UI Provost P. Barry Butler reported that student responses to The Student Experience of the Research University survey, indicates that UI students are satisfied with both their academic and social experiences.

The Journalism Education Association has named UI graduate Kyle Phillips, Cedar Rapids Washington High School teacher, one of 14 "rising stars," which recognizes early-career teachers who demonstrate a commitment to journalism education and show promise as up-and-coming advisers.

The University of Iowa Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, Faculty Senate, and the Office of the Provost invite faculty to the annual Tenure Workshop Monday, March 31, in Room 116 of Art Building West.