Actuaries are expected to be in demand in coming years. But what do actuaries do? Beyond something that involves math and insurance, explanations always seem mysterious and bizarre, something that only other practitioners of actuarial science can really understand.

Alec Scranton, newly appointed engineering dean, is a fifth-generation Iowan and a University of Iowa alumnus.

The UIMA@IMU will be closed Easter Sunday, April 8. A visual classroom of the University of Iowa Museum of Art, the UIMA@IMU is located in the third floor Richey Ballroom of the UI’s Iowa Memorial Ballroom.

The life and legacy of Bill Sacker will be celebrated on what would have been his 99th birthday Friday, April 13.

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

West Wind Education Policy and the Bijou Cinema will screen a documentary about American teachers at the University of Iowa Bijou Cinema at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 3. The film will be followed by a panel discussion including teachers-in-training at the UI College of Education.

Neuroscientist André Fenton will give a lecture titled “Erasing, Tracing, and Harnessing Memory” at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, in Shambaugh Auditorium in the University of Iowa Main Library.

The University of Iowa will celebrate Iowa's most famous artist and faculty member, Grant Wood, with the Grant Wood Biennial Symposium, Grant Wood Today, April 13 and 14 in Art Building West and the Black Box Theater of the Iowa Memorial Union.

Each year, 20 University of Iowa juniors are selected to receive the $5,200 renewable award from the Carver Trust. Part of the criteria is having overcome significant social and economic hardship while showing great potential and promise. Here are the stories of three Carver Scholarship recipients.

Stephen J. Rapp, the ambassador-at-large heading the Office of Global Criminal Justice in the U.S. Department of State, will discuss "Diplomacy for Global Justice: The tools for establishing truth, accountability and reconciliation after the commission of mass atrocities" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, in the Iowa Memorial Union.

The annual Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women presents some of the university's top honors for faculty and staff, as well as scholarships for promising students.

The University of Iowa Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Faculty Senate, and the Office of the Provost will host the annual Tenure Workshop at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 4, in Room W401 of Pappajohn Business Building.