The Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa has been ranked the number one nonfiction writing program in the country for the fifth year in a row by the magazine Poets and Writers.

As part of the governor’s statewide STEM initiative, leaders from four Iowa school districts visited campus through a partnership with the UI College of Education’s Education Technology Center and UI Office of the Provost to help Iowa educators transform their classrooms into technology rich, active learning environments.

With help from the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, three scholars have translated a complex account of Cortés' conquest of Mexico, offering a local account of events often viewed through European and contemporary eyes.

Jim Leach, who spent 30 years representing Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives, was selected as the first speaker for the College of Education's new Distinguished Speakers Series on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 10:30 a.m., in N300 Lindquist Center. The event is free and open to the public.

University of Iowa Tippie College of Business professors develop new digital textbook designed especially for tablets to teach business law.

Newly admitted UI College of Education students will receive free iPads at a ceremony today, thanks to a donation from an alumna and retired teacher.

Former Congressman Jim Leach comes home to the University of Iowa and joins the UI faculty to teach the next generation.

Members of the media are invited to the UI College of Education’s Teacher Leader Center Friday, Sept. 27, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. for a ceremony where all newly-admitted undergraduate and master's teacher education students will receive free iPads thanks to a donation from alumna Linda Baker.

The University of Iowa College of Engineering will hold the third annual Richard L. Valentine Distinguished Lecture from 3:30 to 4:20 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, in 40 Schaeffer Hall on the UI campus.

Results from a survey administered by the UI College of Education's Iowa Testing Programs suggest that interest levels among Iowa students in science, technology, engineering, and math, collectively referred to as STEM, decline steadily between third grade and high school graduation.

University of Iowa English education professors Bonnie Sunstein and Amy Shoultz, both with years of experience teaching English in classrooms, share what’s new, what’s the same, and what Kate Turabian would think in The Chicago Manual of Style Online's monthly feature, Shop Talk.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development have established a Humanities Advisory Board to advise them on humanities issues, stimulate collaboration among humanities faculty, leverage resources in support of humanities scholarship, and identify areas of interdisciplinary research.