For decades, mainframe computers powered University of Iowa research and administraive business. With the advent of a new student records system, the last mainframe's work is done—the machine was powered down on April 1, marking the end of a chapter in UI computer history.

The University of Iowa American Indian Student Association will host the 20th anniversary Powwow Saturday and Sunday April 13-14 in the UI Recreation Building, featuring dance and drum competition, food, and arts and crafts.

Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Sanford Goldberg, will deliver a public lecture titled “Thinking for Oneself: Testimony, Epistemic Dependence, and the Aims of Education” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in Room 107 in the English-Philosophy Building.

A food pulper installed in the dish room at University of Iowa Hillcrest Market Place provides big reductions in water usage, food waste, greenhouse gas emissions, and overall costs.

The College of Public Health Building at the University of Iowa has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification, the highest standard for green design. It is the first academic building on campus to earn the designation.

Donald Black, professor of psychiatry at the UI’s Carver College of Medicine, says that most compulsive shoppers are not famous or wealthy, just ordinary people with an unusual problem, in a shopping addiction story, featuring Buzz Bissinger, who recently checked into rehab.

Cristina Ortiz grew up as part of the lone Latino family in Leon, Iowa. The UI anthropology graduate student now lives in Columbus Junction, Iowa, and is researching the growing Chin Burmese refugee population that lives in this community. She will present her research Friday, April 5 as part of a panel presentation during the Refugees in the Heartland Provost's Global Forum.

“Iowa’s Ice Age Giants,” a free public exhibit, opens Thursday, April 18, at the Old Capitol Museum’s Pentacrest Gallery for Arts, Humanities, and Sciences with a reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

The University of Iowa campus will take part in the normal, monthly testing of Johnson County's outdoor severe weather alert system at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 3.

Jeff Schott, director of the UI's Institute of Public Affairs, says that communities that welcome Hispanics and other immigrants reap economic benefits and that communities should see this as an opportunity to address work force shortages.

Women leaders from across campus—including UI faculty, staff, and students—will be honored at the UI Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, in the Iowa Memorial Union Second Floor Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public.

The UI Foundation’s Student Philanthropy Group is inviting members of the UI campus community to participate in a social media event to celebrate the impact of philanthropy on campus.