Since 2005, University of Iowa College of Education faculty scholars have been awarded more than $25 million in external funding. Current projects include everything from recruiting diverse doctoral students, to measuring the efficacy of play therapy, to an afterschool program encouraging girls to find strong role models in literature.

University of Iowa Master of Health Administration student and UI law alumna Darcelle Skeete has a strong foundation—and vision—for a successful career.

Ash trees infected with the emerald ash borer often are left to rot or burn in landfills, but the University of Iowa is hoping those trees can be turned into wood chips and made into fuel for their power plant.

A survey by the University of Iowa Public Policy Center revealed that among Iowa children, African-Americans and Latinos experience a higher rate of health care disparities than white and Asian children.

After several renovations, including one following a fire in 2001, the much-beloved former Iowa state capitol building located at the University of Iowa is now used as a museum on state and university history.

About 17 Mandarin speaking volunteers have completed more than 60 hours of training to staff an online chat suicide prevention hotline through the Johnson County Crisis Center, with the goal of supporting the growing population of Chinese students at the UI.

Former University of Iowa President Willard “Sandy” Boyd recalls the night in 1959 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave an address, titled “The Future of Integration" on campus: "Not only was the content strong, but the delivery was powerful.”

The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will present a Gallery Production, "Monopoly," written by Sarah Cho and directed by Ashley Pettit, at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 30-Feb. 1, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, in Theatre B of the UI Theatre Building.

Iowa native David Thoreson will open his photographic exhibit at the UI's Old Capitol Museum during a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23. His exhibit, “The Northwest Passage and Oceans Beyond: An Iowan Sails into History,” will be on display Jan. 23 through May 25.

Tonya Peeples, UI professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, was appointed in 2013 as the College of Engineering's first associate dean for diversity and outreach. In that role, she is organizing the college's efforts to attract more women and minorities to engineering.

Visitors to the University of Iowa campus can now enjoy free guest wireless service without having to track down a guest ID to log in, courtesy of a partnership between Information Technology Services (ITS) and AT&T.

In support of President Obama's call to make college more available to low-income students, the University of Iowa has announced a new program targeting first generation students, and with good reason: about one-third of Iowa's students are the first in their families to go to college.