The Press-Citizen Editorial Board applauds the UI College of Education Belin-Blank Center's work to ensure those with high ability are identified and receive opportunities to develop through challenging and engaging curriculum.

The University of Iowa has appointed E. Dale Abel, M.D., D.Phil., as the new director of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center in the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. Abel will also hold the John B. Stokes III Chair in Diabetes Research.

The University of Iowa College of Law is venturing into new forms of electronic legal education for the first time this year, with two professors teaching classes that expand the college’s educational reach and experiments that include joint distance education with Ohio State University.

As the UI College of Education's Belin-Blank Center celebrates its 25th anniversary this July, center director and Sioux City native Susan Assouline shares her own serendipitous learning journey that brought her to the field of gifted education and talent development at the internationally renowned center.

UI Belin-Blank Center Director Susan Assouline poses the question of whether the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and Next Generation Science Standards meet the needs of Iowa’s highly capable students in a guest column. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

Pam Ries, a clinical professor in the College of Education’s Teaching and Learning department, takes the reins as the new director of the UI REACH Program. Former director, Professor Jo Hendrickson, will continue to serve as executive director during her three-year phased retirement.

Through Business Solutions Center projects, first- and second-year MBA students serve as consultants, learning to analyze and make business decisions and experience the impact of those decisions alongside the client.

Plan to attend the Connie Belin and Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development's 25th anniversary celebration on Wednesday, July 10, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the Blank Honors Center. Festivities include an open house and building tours in recognition of the center's leadership, advocacy, and support it provides for talented and gifted children, their...

In a technology-driven world, it turns out that digital isn’t everything. University of Iowa collections experts maintain that tangible artifacts leave a lasting impression on the human heart and mind.

The UI Tippie College of Business is becoming increasingly international, quite a change from several years ago. Although there are challenges, the benefits of a more global student body are many.

Collins Byrd, associate dean of admissions in the UI College of Law, participates in a panel discussion analyzing the impact of Monday's Supreme Court decision in Fisher v. University of Texas.

The University of Iowa will hire eight new faculty members who'll galvanize the university's existing strengths in technology and the arts, explore uses for emerging technologies, and engage people across the university and beyond.