In a special event co-sponsored by the Mission Creek Festival, University of Iowa professor Kembrew McLeod and Brooklyn fiction writer D. Foy will read from their new books at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.

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

Researchers found that patients who suffered ventromedial prefrontal cortex damage early in life, unlike patients in whom the brain injury occurred during adulthood, endorsed significantly more self-serving judgments that broke moral rules or inflicted harm on others.

Hawkeye Caucus Day takes place at the Iowa State Capitol Wednesday, April 2, drawing more than 100 UI students, plus alumni, faculty, university leaders, and—yes—Herky.

Laurie Anderson will speak at the Englert Theatre Tuesday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m. Anderson is a writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist best known for her multimedia presentations and innovative use of technology.

The University of Iowa's MAUI student-information system has won a "Model of Efficiency" award from University Business Magazine.

The University of Iowa is partnering with six colleges in the state to create an accelerated degree program that allows students to apply credits earned during the first year of law school toward the final year of their undergraduate degree—eliminating a year of coursework.

Writers’ Workshop instructor Kevin Brockmeier will read from his new memoir, "A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip: A Memoir of Seventh Grade," at 7 p.m. Monday, March 31, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free piano recital by guest artist Jose R. Lopez, associate professor and coordinator of the Keyboard Studies Program at Florida International University in Miami, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

The two west lanes of Madison Street near the UI Main Library and across from the Communications Center and Lindquist Center are closed to traffic for repairs to a chilled water line. The lanes will remain closed until the repair is complete.

Older Americans are more vulnerable when natural disasters strike, yet most of them are not adequately prepared for serious floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, fires, or other calamities, according to a new report from the UI College of Public Health.

Current debates over the voting rights of felons and voting fraud are just the latest round of debates about voting rights in America that have gone on since the founding fathers signed off on the Constitution, said UI law professor Todd Pettys in a presentation at Muscatine Community College.