University of Iowa Executive Vice President and Provost P. Barry Butler has appointed Nicholas Colangelo as interim dean of the College of Education, effective Dec. 15.

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa recently approved an expansion to UI Hospitals and Clinic’s Labor and Delivery Unit, one that nurse manager Amy Sanborn said will improve efficiency. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

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

This year's events honoring Martin Luther King Jr's legacy include a talk by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson and a reading of Katori Hall's play "The Mountaintop."

University of Iowa Mock Trial sent three teams to St. Paul, Minn. Dec. 1-2 to compete at Macalester College. It also sent one team to New Haven, Conn. to compete at Yale University.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason has selected Tom Rocklin, vice president for student life, and Richard Fumerton, a professor of philosophy and past president of the Faculty Senate, to chair a committee to search for a new vice president for strategic communication.

The University of Iowa has become the nation's first public university to include optional questions about sexual orientation and gender identity on its admission application.

"Iowa Now" will publish on a lighter schedule over Spring Break March 18-22.

Once again, the University of Iowa W-2 forms will be available on the Human Resources Self Service website at hris.uiowa.edu/selfservice.

Tim Hagle, University of Iowa associate professor of political science, comments on right-to-work laws. Michigan recently became the 24th right-to-work state in the country. Iowa has had right-to-work status for 65 years.

With winter just around the corner, this is a good time for members of the campus community to get reacquainted with the University of Iowa’s severe weather policies and make sure their Hawk Alert contact information is up to date.

Jake Christensen, a University of Iowa alumnus who was not comfortable coming out as a member of the LGBT community when he first came to campus, is helping other LGBT students feel supported to succeed on campus in his role as a UI senior admission counselor.