High schools in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City are among the top schools in the state for advanced placement test participation, an annual ranking released Tuesday by the University of Iowa College of Education's Belin-Blank Center shows.

A partnership between the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, will offer support for arts projects that uniquely address civic challenges and community issues through the arts.

Hancher will present Inti-Illimani, a folk music ensemble from Chile, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, May 15, on the Iowa City pedestrian mall, next to the Sheraton Hotel. The free performance will kick off the Summer of the Arts Friday Night Concert Series.

Students in the university's part-time M.B.A. program in Des Moines develop marketing plans to help Central Iowa entrepreneurs, including a restaurant owner and UI graduate who still keeps in touch with his undergraduate marketing instructor.

University of Iowa researchers Matthew Rysavy, a senior medical student, and Edward Bell, professor of pediatrics in the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, studied the cases of nearly 5,000 infants born before 27 weeks gestation at 24 academic hospitals participating in the Neonatal Research Network between 2006 and 2011.

Digitization may have democratized the field, but not many special collections librarians actively promote to a general audience. University of Iowa librarian Colleen Theisen is the exception.

The University of Iowa’s Heart and Vascular Center and Iowa City Heart Center, announced Friday, May 1, that they have joined to become the most comprehensive cardiovascular program in the state.

The second meeting of the University of Iowa Presidential Search and Screen Committee has been set for Friday, May 8, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Kelch Conference Room, Room 1289 of the Carver Biomedical Research Building (CBRB) on the UI campus.

As the UI moves forward with the Iowa Board of Regents’ TIER project, campus leaders are committed to keeping colleagues informed. Here are the latest developments across business cases.

A bill researched and drafted by a second-year student at the UI College of Law was signed into law by Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad last week. The bill, Senate File 306, is an act relating to communication and visitation between an adult ward and another person.

With one K-9 officer recently retired and another nearing retirement, the University of Iowa Department of Public Safety recently bolstered its ranks with two new K-9 officers.

UI orthopedic researchers are developing an injectable, bioactive gel that encourages self-healing of cartilage. If they are successful, the gel could represent a minimally invasive, practical, and inexpensive approach for repairing damaged cartilage and preventing osteoarthritis.