A group of high school students in Pekin, Iowa, has started a rent-a-chicken business with help from a University of Iowa entrepreneurial education program that helps Iowa high school teachers encourage their students to use entrepreneurial principles to develop unique solutions to STEM problems.

The Belin-Blank Center in the University of Iowa College of Education recognizes Iowa high schools' Advanced Placement course achievements using the Iowa AP Index, which the center developed in 2005. According to the index, George Washington High School in Cedar Rapids is the top AP high school in Iowa.

The University of Iowa’s State Fair Working Group seeks volunteers for the UI booth at the State Fair Aug. 11–21 in Des Moines. Volunteers apply temporary tattoos; distribute football posters, athletic schedules, and other items; and share news about the great things happening on campus.

This summer, the new University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital will “travel” to cities across Iowa. From June through September, representatives will visit communities throughout Iowa in a van featuring the colors and icons of the new children’s hospital.

Lea VanderVelde, of the University of Iowa College of Law, has long-held ties to Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi and played a part in his nomination for several years until his selection in 2014.

The State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa received a Telligen Community Initiative, which aims to increase workforce recruitment in laboratory science and raise student awareness of careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

A national panel of independent experts, chaired by UI College of Public Health Dean Sue Curry, has issued a report evaluating the evidence for Total Worker Health interventions, as well as a set of recommendations to advance the science of such efforts to improve the overall health of American workers.

The Macbride Raptor Project, a program devoted to the preservation of Iowa’s birds of prey and their natural habitats, announced June 1 that it has changed its name to the Iowa Raptor Project. With a new name comes a shift in focus.

The University of Iowa College of Nursing is Iowa's leader in making advanced degrees more accessible to registered nurses. The UI offers two tracks for completing a BSN: a traditional on-campus, four-year program and an online RN-to-BSN program.

The UI music therapy program, one of only two in the Big Ten, prepares students for careers as professional therapists.

Graduates in UI's Class of 2016 are finding jobs thanks to a strong hiring economy and the help of the university's Pomerantz Career Center.

University of Iowa student Eric Pahl and recent graduate Dalton Shaull recently won $25,000 from the Iowa Economic Development Authority for their startup business, called Organizer. Shaull was motivated to start the project after watching his friend fight off a disease as he waited for a transplant.