The University of Iowa campus played host in July to the nation’s most talented high school–aged artists and writers as part of the Belin-Blank Center’s inaugural Summer Art Residency and Summer Writing Residency.

As the number of non-native English speakers in Iowa’s K–12 schools continues to grow, and as more parents demand dual-language education for their children, the University of Iowa College of Education is providing training programs aimed at preparing current and future educators to meet the demand.

University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld commends UI researchers for the 16 percent increase in federal funding they attracted in fiscal year 2018.

Kristin Flanary , who oversees the Iowa Online AP Academy at the College of Education’s Belin-Blank Center, recently weighed in on elite prep schools that are doing away with Advanced Placement courses. Flanary says that in Iowa, the courses are still the best option for challenging gifted and talented students.

A recent UI graduate who grew up in the economic collapse of the Soviet Union developed his love of art at Iowa and has started a business selling his work with the help of the university’s entrepreneurial resources.

Each year dozens of Iowa faculty, staff, students, and alumni get their work published, win prizes, draw accolades, and earn awards. Here are some highlights from the many writing and writing-related programs in the 2017–18 academic year.

The Old Capitol Futures tennis tournament, a U.S. Tennis Association Pro Circuit event, takes place through July 22 at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex. The first professional tennis tournament to take place in Iowa since 1986, the event was organized by Sport and Recreation Management program students.

UI faculty and students have designed a web-based game that can be played by anyone with a smartphone and a Fitbit.

So many serious writers are now fixing their sights on television that the University of Iowa, home of the venerable Iowa Writers’ Workshop, has launched a postgraduate TV-writing fellowship and will begin a workshop focused on the specialization this fall.

Nearly 5,400 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean’s list for the 2018 spring semester.

More than 500 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the president’s list for the 2018 spring semester.

The University of Iowa awarded more than 4,500 degrees at the close of the 2018 spring semester.