The class surveys a selection of the various types of law that govern the approximately 60 countries in the world where the majority or a sizable minority of the people are Muslims and looks at how those countries incorporate Islam into their law. Only a few use shari'a.

Todd Ingram, UI associate professor of nursing, says there are still stereotypes about male nurses, despite the fact that a recent U.S. Census Bureau report shows the proportion of males working as nurses is slowly climbing. (Note: A paid subscription is required.)

UI rhetoric instructor Matt Gilchrist says he enjoys helping students enhance their writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills in a TILE (Transform, Interact, Learn, and Engage) classroom, and he especially enjoyed the Iowa Narratives Project.

Jim Leach, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will speak at the first ever Iowa Humanities Festival in Des Moines on March 9. Collectors and collecting is the theme of this inaugural event, which brings together scholars, museum directors, librarians, and personal collectors from across the state.

The American Advertising Federation of Cedar Rapids-Iowa City has presented ADDY awards to the University of Iowa and the UI Foundation for marketing and communication projects

"Reframing the Rhetorics of Race Through Classroom Discourse" is the subject of the University of Iowa Department of Communication Studies 2013 Hitchcock Lecture, which will be presented by Tina M. Harris. The lecture will take place in Room 101 of the Becker Communication Studies Building at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 12.

Launched in 2012, the MAP-Works survey offers a new way to proactively address UI student concerns. It’s helping the university keep students enrolled, make education affordable, and enhance overall student success.

High school students from across the state are presenting their best STEM research at the UI College of Education Belin Blank Center's Annual Iowa Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. (Note: A paid subscription is required.)

Wilton High School junior Maxwell Roth will spend his senior year of high school living at the UI pursuing a career in biomedical engineering thanks to an early entrance honors program through the UI Belin-Blank Center's National Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering.

Donald Black, UI professor of psychiatry, says that the behaviors displayed by people on the reality TV show Extreme Couponing could be considered variants of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

University of Iowa doctoral student and Missouri Valley native Erin O'Gara was featured on The Big Ten Network for a video she created, Putting Babies First, as the first Health Communications Fellow with the State Hygienic Laboratory at the UI.

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