University of Iowa Recreational Services will offer the American Red Cross Water Safety Universal Certification course April 19-21.

The Kendrick Lamar concert originally scheduled for Monday, April 1, has been rescheduled for Monday, May 6.

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

Daniel McGehee, director of the Human Factors and Vehicle Safety Research Program at the University of Iowa, says adults are more open than teens about texting-while-driving because they don't fear reprisals and figure they don't have anything to lose.

A group of UI students spent spring break in Las Vegas working on a class project with UI Associate Director David Gould to re-imagine the downtown area. Many of the students say they overcame their initial fears and stereotypes of the city and could envision living there.

One of the featured characters in "The Interrupters," an award-winning documentary addressing violence in Chicago, will speak at the University of Iowa after a presentation of selected portions of the film at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in the Lindquist Center, Room N300. The event is free and open to the public.

On Sept. 11, 2001, Alec Brobston told his mom he intended to join the U.S. Army. He went on to fulfill his pledge, beginning a journey that’s taken him to South Korea, Iraq, and the University of Iowa, where he aims to build community among veterans.

Finalists for university librarian will visit the University of Iowa starting Monday, April 1, presenting a series of open forums on the future of libraries at research-intensive universities.

The University of Iowa, in collaboration with the University of Northern Iowa (UNI), Iowa State University (ISU), and Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC), is presenting a webinar series about Careers in Aging, which will take place throughout April.

The Senior Frolic was a springtime tradition that took place annually between 1909 and 1922. Activities included a tub race, a greased-pole climb, a pillow match, and three-legged race. The 1914 Frolic included a human chess game on the old Iowa Field.

Ben Hunnicutt, UI leisure studies professor and author of "Free Time: The Forgotten American Dream," discusses the drop in leisure time and how thinkers from Whitman to Henry Luce were convinced that leisure time was considered an essential component of the American Dream.

A website that ranks colleges on various points has pegged the University of Iowa’s Campus Recreation and Wellness Center the third “most amazing” campus student recreation center in the country. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)