Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds visited the University of Iowa campus to attend an annual meeting with Faculty Senate and Staff Council officers Thursday. Three groups from the arts and humanities gave presentations to Branstad and Reynolds, and the dignitaries toured the UI Mobile Museum.

Deborah L. Linebarger, of the College of Education, published “Contextualizing Video Game Play: The Moderating Effects of Cumulative Risk and Parenting Styles on the Relations Among Video Game Exposure and Problem Behaviors” in April.

Christopher C Morphew, of the College of Education, published “Trends in Cost-sharing in the U.S. and Potential International Implications” in June.

Kevin Den Adel, director of the undergraduate accounting program in the Tippie College of Business, has been elected to the board of directors of the Iowa Society of CPAs.

Suzanne Woods-Groves, of the College of Education, published “The Human Behavior Rating Scalebrief: A Tool to Measure 21st Century Skills of K12 Learners” in May.

Following are highlights from the Iowa Board of Regents meeting Thursday, June 4, at Iowa State University in Ames.

On June 3, the University of Iowa celebrated the reopening of the Iowa Memorial Union's ground floor. It's the first time the area has been open to the public since the June 2008 flood.

Sometimes, researchers need a helping hand to close the distance between a brilliant idea and a commercially viable product, service, or business. That’s where the University of Iowa’s GAP Funding Program comes in.

Jo M. Hendrickson, of the College of Education, published “Engagement among Students with Intellectual Disabilities and First Year Students: A Comparison” in May.

Kathy L Schuh, of the College of Education, published “The Semiotics of Monk Rehearsals: A Weaving of Two Texts” in May. The chapter was published in the International Handbook of Semiotics. Schuh is an associate professor in the Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations in the College of Education at the University of Iowa.

Allison L. Bruhn and Erica Kaldenberg, of the College of Education, published “Examining the Effects of Functional Assessment-Based Interventions With High School Students” in May.

Allison L. Bruhn, of the College of Education, published “Using a Changing-Criterion Design to Evaluate the Effects of Check-in/Check-Out With Goal Modification” in May.