University of Iowa Alumni Fellow Simone Ferro and Grant Wood Fellow Esther Baker-Tarpaga will join Department of Dance faculty in providing choreography for this year's Dance Gala, which runs Oct. 17-26.

NerdWallet.com, with a nod to the University of Iowa, recently ranked Iowa City as the fourth most generous town in the United States.

Emma Miller was just 4 years old when she had an adverse reaction to medication, causing her lips to swell and her skin to blister and eventually shed. The Oelwein youngster will be the honorary Kid Captain when the Iowa Hawkeyes take on the Minnesota Golden Gophers Saturday, Sept. 28, in an away game.

The University of Iowa Center for New Music, housed within the UI School of Music, will present a free performance by guest clarinetist Michael Norsworthy (with David Gompper, UI professor of composition) at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

Death notices for current and retired University of Iowa employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

The University of Iowa campus will be full of activities next week when UI Homecoming 2013 festivities begin on Sunday, Sept. 29. This year's theme is "Countless Hawkeyes, One Spirit."

UI student Meghan Ryan will share her Irish heritage and culture through her performance with the Champagne Academy of Irish Dance at the Celebrating Cultural Diversity Festival this Sunday, Sept. 29, held for the first time in Hubbard Park and as the kickoff to Homecoming 2013.

Certain anabolic steroids and pharmaceutical products last longer in the environment than previously known, according to a new study led by the University of Iowa. The researchers found that the steroid trenbolone acetate, along with some other pharmaceutical products, never fully degrade in the environment, and can partially regenerate themselves under certain conditions. Results published online...

Johnny Appleseed isn’t just a symbolic folk hero. He was a real pioneer apple farmer named John Chapman whose dream was to produce so many apples no one would ever go hungry. The UI has its own folk hero. His name is Andy Dahl, and he is an arborist.

The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History will host “Advancing the Iowa Idea: A Program Celebrating the Beginning of Construction,” from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, in 240 Art Building West on the UI campus. The program will recognize individuals who have contributed to the design and planning for the new Visual Arts Building.

The University of Iowa is one of nine institutions nationwide to receive a multimillion-dollar contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, to conduct clinical trials of promising vaccines and therapies for infectious diseases.

New research led by University of Iowa investigators suggests that omega-3 fatty acids found in foods such as salmon and nuts don't benefit thinking and memory skills.