The Scanlan Center for School Mental Health offers eating disorder support to families and students in Iowa school districts. Taylor Ford, the center’s assistant director of clinical services and crisis response, who specializes in eating disorders, has seen a steady increase in the need for those services.

University of Iowa College of Education faculty member Ted Neal was recently named as a recipient of the 2026 President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence.

Learn more about Bart Sonnenberg, Student Life Program Specialist, and what he most enjoys about working in the College of Education's UI REACH program in this Staff Spotlight series.

The college's new Certificate in Integrated Career, Substance Use, and Mental Health Counseling was created to provide students with the foundational knowledge needed to support individuals struggling with addiction and co-occurring mental health challenges.

Professor Gerta Bardhoshi was recently a guest on Iowa Public Radio’s “Talk of Iowa” podcast where she and other panelists discussed how social media affects the lives and mental health of teenagers and adults.

In the Center for Teaching’s new Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Scholars Spotlight Series, Clinical Assistant Professor Theodora (Dora) Kourkoulou discusses the use of AI in education.

After teaching high school math for more than 30 years, College of Education alumna Barbara Booth is creating a scholarship to help future educators.

The Iowa Raptor Project was featured Jan. 30 on Good Morning America as part of the show’s “50 States in 50 Weeks: America the Beautiful” series.

Professor Ken Brown and a team of University of Iowa researchers recently surveyed people from across the United States to try and better understand how they are using artificial intelligence.

College of Education alumna Lauren Schafer is already making a big impact as a special education teacher at Hoover Elementary in Iowa City.

Learn more about Carter Burks, senior academic advisor for Elementary Education and outreach and leadership coordinator, and what he most enjoys about working in the College of Education's Office of Student Services in this Staff Spotlight series.

Special Education Associate Professor Seth King discusses some of the pros and cons of generative AI use by special education teachers.

The Iowa Raptor Project will bring its raptors—and its mission to connect Iowans and students to bird-of-prey conservation through education and research—to a national audience during multiple live "Good Morning America" segments on Friday, Jan. 30.

Two of the college's online master's programs have improved in national ranking by U.S. News & World Report.

Professor Shawn Datchuk and a team at the UI-based Iowa Reading Research Center have developed new tools to help elementary students learn cursive and print.

Harry Bui, an undergraduate student in the college’s Science Studies program, was selected to be featured in this year’s OVPR campaign.

Olga Colmenero Carrillo, an undergraduate student in the college's Elementary Education program, was selected to be featured in this year’s OVPR campaign.

Alex Pauls, a PhD student in the college's School Psychology program, was selected to be featured in this year’s OVPR campaign.

Every year, the Office of the Vice President for Research’s Dare to Discover banner campaign highlights researchers and scholars from across the university. Three students from the College of Education are featured in this year's campaign.

UI College of Education Professor Nicholas A. Bowman was recently named as a recipient of the 2026 NASPA Faculty Council Mid-Career Award.