New software developed by UI student and faculty will aid in preparations for evacuation during future floods.

An ingrained commitment to strong forestry practices and opportunities for students has earned the UI renewed recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation.

Actuaries are expected to be in demand in coming years. But what do actuaries do? Beyond something that involves math and insurance, explanations always seem mysterious and bizarre, something that only other practitioners of actuarial science can really understand.

Alec Scranton, newly appointed engineering dean, is a fifth-generation Iowan and a University of Iowa alumnus.

The UIMA@IMU will be closed Easter Sunday, April 8. A visual classroom of the University of Iowa Museum of Art, the UIMA@IMU is located in the third floor Richey Ballroom of the UI’s Iowa Memorial Ballroom.

The life and legacy of Bill Sacker will be celebrated on what would have been his 99th birthday Friday, April 13.

Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

West Wind Education Policy and the Bijou Cinema will screen a documentary about American teachers at the University of Iowa Bijou Cinema at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 3. The film will be followed by a panel discussion including teachers-in-training at the UI College of Education.

Neuroscientist André Fenton will give a lecture titled “Erasing, Tracing, and Harnessing Memory” at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, in Shambaugh Auditorium in the University of Iowa Main Library.

The University of Iowa will celebrate Iowa's most famous artist and faculty member, Grant Wood, with the Grant Wood Biennial Symposium, Grant Wood Today, April 13 and 14 in Art Building West and the Black Box Theater of the Iowa Memorial Union.

Each year, 20 University of Iowa juniors are selected to receive the $5,200 renewable award from the Carver Trust. Part of the criteria is having overcome significant social and economic hardship while showing great potential and promise. Here are the stories of three Carver Scholarship recipients.

Stephen J. Rapp, the ambassador-at-large heading the Office of Global Criminal Justice in the U.S. Department of State, will discuss "Diplomacy for Global Justice: The tools for establishing truth, accountability and reconciliation after the commission of mass atrocities" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, in the Iowa Memorial Union.

The annual Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women presents some of the university's top honors for faculty and staff, as well as scholarships for promising students.

The University of Iowa Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Faculty Senate, and the Office of the Provost will host the annual Tenure Workshop at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 4, in Room W401 of Pappajohn Business Building.

Hawkeye Caucus Day had the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines abuzz on Tuesday, March 27.

Marilynne Robinson, faculty member of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and Pulitzer Prize winning author, will speak at the “Finding God at Iowa” lunch forum Friday, April 13.

The Rape Victim Advocacy Program (RVAP) at the University of Iowa hopes to raise public awareness and educate the community on preventing sexual violence during April, nationally recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This year's theme is "Start By Believing."

Renita Schmidt, an associate professor in the UI College of Education, shares her insights on The Hunger Games and why the first installment in the science fiction trilogy is such a huge hit with fans.

They didn't have to be nearly naked to walk or run, but participants in the Nearly Naked Mile were asked to leave behind an article of clothing that would go toward United Action for Youth.

Leaders of the Department of Hospital Dentistry at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City announced that Steve Fletcher, D.D.S., will assume the leadership of the Graduate Program in oral and maxillofacial surgery effective today.