In a special event co-sponsored by the Mission Creek Festival, University of Iowa professor Kembrew McLeod and Brooklyn fiction writer D. Foy will read from their new books at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.

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

Researchers found that patients who suffered ventromedial prefrontal cortex damage early in life, unlike patients in whom the brain injury occurred during adulthood, endorsed significantly more self-serving judgments that broke moral rules or inflicted harm on others.

Laurie Anderson will speak at the Englert Theatre Tuesday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m. Anderson is a writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist best known for her multimedia presentations and innovative use of technology.

Archaeologist Simon James will give a lecture, “Isle of Druids and Celtic Warriors? Britain on the Eve of Roman Invasion” Monday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. in Art Building West on the University of Iowa campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.

A University of Iowa graduate used her science background and personal desire for natural products to launch a soap and skin care business in her native Egypt.

UI senior and Winterset, Iowa, native Chance Sullivan plans to spend part of the next year interviewing at medical schools. He might show up with a motorcycle helmet under his arm.

The University of Iowa's MAUI student-information system has won a "Model of Efficiency" award from University Business Magazine.

The University of Iowa is partnering with six colleges in the state to create an accelerated degree program that allows students to apply credits earned during the first year of law school toward the final year of their undergraduate degree—eliminating a year of coursework.

The UI's homegrown student information system, MAUI, earned a Models of Efficiency award from University Business magazine for streamlining higher education operations through technology and business process improvements.

In a special event co-sponsored by the Mission Creek Festival, University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduates Leslie Jamison and Adam Fell will read from their new work at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.

Writers’ Workshop instructor Kevin Brockmeier will read from his new memoir, "A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip: A Memoir of Seventh Grade," at 7 p.m. Monday, March 31, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.