Paul Pinckley, admissions director of the full-time Tippie MBA program, explains why the traditional essay is an optional part of the admissions process.

Nick Westergaard, marketing lecturer in the Henry B. Tippie College of Business, will deliver the keynote address at the 2016 Email Marketing Evolved conference Nov. 11 in Malmo, Sweden.

Susan Assouline, director of the UI College of Education’s Belin-Blank Center, has been awarded the 2016 Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC).

The UI College of Engineering’s WiSE program will be the first Femineer affiliate university in the nation outside of California.

New regulations in the Fair Labor Standards Act will qualify more professional and scientific employees at the University of Iowa for overtime premium pay.

The University of Iowa’s Dance Gala showcases dynamic choreography and dancing from one of the most highly acclaimed dance programs in the country. “Iowa Now” provides a sneak peek at the stunning creative work on display in Space Place Theater.

Jesse Factor, a second-year MFA dance student at the University of Iowa, will re-stage iconic dancer and choreographer Martha Graham’s “Ritual to the Sun” from “Acts of Light” for the 2016 Dance Gala, running Nov. 3–12 in the UI’s Space Place Theater.

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

Robin Lillie and Jennifer Mack, bioarchaeologists at the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist, have won the prestigious 2017 Deetz Award for their book, “Dubuque’s Forgotten Cemetery: Excavating a Nineteenth-Century Burial Ground in a Twenty-First-Century City.”

Ukamaka Olisakwe, 34, is a novelist, screenwriter, and short-story author recently named one of Africa’s 39 most promising writers under the age of 40. She is currently participating in the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program.

A study that questions the use of certain drugs to help children suffering from migraine headaches is garnering national attention. The University of Iowa’s College of Public Health contributed to the research.

A study from the UI College of Public Health finds that accidents involving farm vehicles could be cut in half if more states adopted increased standards on lighting and reflecting for vehicles.