The City of Iowa City will close the two northbound lanes of North Dubuque Street this afternoon (weather permitting) or Tuesday morning to allow for the installation of flood barriers around the University of Iowa’s Mayflower Residence Hall.

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The Iowa Lions Eye Bank, a leading resource for research on eye diseases and cornea transplantation, is housed at the University of Iowa. Researchers are using the Eye Bank to understand blinding eye diseases and develop new treatments.

Some 3,800 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the Dean's List for the 2014 spring semester.

University of Iowa researchers have discovered a new form of neurotransmission that influences the long-lasting memory created by addictive drugs, like cocaine and opioids, and the subsequent craving for these drugs of abuse. Loss of this type of neurotransmission creates changes in brains cells that resemble the changes caused by drug addiction.

University of Iowa's Hancher will connect great artists with great audiences with another robust season of events.

Seven high school sophomores from across Iowa will receive scholarships for their entries in the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature organization’s 2014 Paul Engle Day: Glory of the Senses Essay Contest. The University of Iowa partnered with the Iowa City organization to offer the top prize winner one year of free tuition to the UI.

The University of Iowa's Mobile Museum will be located at the Riverside History Center, 361 E. 1st St., from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., as part of Riverside's annual Trek Fest.

Mark Blumberg, F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology, has been honored with a MERIT Award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, becoming only the second faculty member in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to ever receive this honor.

Almost 60 teachers from across the state of Iowa are participating in teacher feedback sessions this June, part of an on-going process to polish the University of Iowa College of Education's Iowa Testing Programs assessments, which are taken by 400,000 students in Iowa and upwards of 5 million nationwide.

For those who were not able to attend or watch the livestream of the June 18 kickoff of Deloitte Consulting's Phase 2 of the Iowa Board of Regents' Rising to the Next TIER (a Transparent, Inclusive Efficiency Review) program, you can view a recorded version on the UI's TIER website.

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