More than two dozen Icelandic social scientists from Iceland, Canada, and the United States will converge on the University of Iowa campus Aug. 12-14, to debate, discuss, and dissect the Icelandic economic meltdown.

More than 30 students from around the world converged on the University of Iowa campus this summer for six weeks doing innovative research in a biology lab. Their experiences were part of the University of Iowa College of Education’s Belin-Blank Center's Secondary Student Training Program.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has officially sided with the UI in a federal dispute about funding for some flood replacement projects.

For the eighth straight year, the University of Iowa has been designated a "Best Buy" in the Fiske Guide to Colleges. Iowa is one of three Big Ten schools on the list.

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

An estimated 4,000 University of Iowa students will move into residence halls Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 15 and 16, creating changes in traffic flow and access around the main residence halls.

The University of Iowa Council on Disability Awareness (CDA) recently announced its new officers for 2012-13—Carly Armour, Teresa Kout, Kathy Ford, and Deanna Carter.

Visitors have only a few more days to see the popular exhibit “Insects: A Collection in Multiple Dimensions,” which will end its run at the University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum on Sunday, Aug. 5.

An inquiry from a history student prompted university archivist David McCartney to seek out more information about Steve Smith, the UI student who was sentenced to three years' probation after burning his draft card on campus in 1965. McCartney hopes readers can help fill in the gaps.

The Get to Know series asks University of Iowa faculty and staff a few questions about their work and their outside interests. Meet Mike Hartley, emergency management coordinator for University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

The university has named an executive director at the UI Research Foundation. Zev Sunleaf was promoted from interim executive director. He's been with the foundation since 2001.

Pigeons with iPads, olfactory functions and Alzheimer’s disease, smoking behaviors of stroke patients, and Ralph Ellison and The New York Times are all areas of research being pursued by students involved in the Summer Research Opportunities Program and the McNair Scholars program (SROP/McNair Scholars) through the University of Iowa Graduate College.