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

The Iowa AP Index, developed 10 years ago by the UI College of Education's Belin Blank Center, assesses Advanced Placement (AP) participation among accredited public and nonpublic schools in Iowa. The index is part of the center’s efforts to recognize Iowa schools that provide challenging academic opportunities for high school students.

In this video feature Urbandale native Michelle Sullivan talks about her biology major at Iowa, the research opportunities she's had through Honors at Iowa, and how the dance minor complemented her scientific training.

On Wednesday, the UI Office of Sustainability took one small step closer to its goal of sourcing 40 percent of its energy from renewable sources by planting 15 acres of biomass fuel: a plant called miscanthus.

The UI is unique in grouping students living on campus into living-learning communities, says Brook Bernard, assistant director of resident education: “There is a lot of national data that shows GPAs go up, overall satisfaction goes up, and (students) develop a sense of belonging."

The University of Iowa College of Law and Coe College in Cedar Rapids have entered into an agreement that will allow undergraduate students at Coe to earn both their bachelor’s and law degrees in six years.

The 1996 Indy 500 winner will use this year's run as a chance to raise awareness and funding for vision research at the University of Iowa.

The University of Iowa Department of Public Safety will extend Nite Ride service hours during finals week.

A University of Iowa double major in political science and history helped Iowa City native Katherine Valde find a rewarding job with a highly respected public policy and law institute.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by Kantorei and the University Choir at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus. Both ensembles will be led by Timothy Stalter, conductor and director of choral activities in the UI School of Music.

UI professors Philip Lutgendorf and Aniruddha Dutta discuss an Indian Supreme Court ruling giving Indians the right to choose their gender, including a “third gender” category for those who don’t identify as either male or female.

UI principal engineer Ferman Milster says he expects to see a commodities market develop for biomass, like the miscanthus that the UI is planning to start burning for steam.