Patrick Fischer of Lone Tree, Iowa, a double major in physics and astronomy in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has won a scholarship that may help him to achieve his goal of one day studying processes on planets and moons that hold the potential for life.

The university’s innovative and award-winning Energy Control Center has realized more than $500,000 in energy savings and helped reduce energy consumption to meet our 2020 Vision, which is to hold energy consumption at 2010 levels, irrespective of campus growth.

On Nov. 9, NASA renamed a recently launched mission to study Earth's Van Allen radiation belts as the Van Allen Probes mission in honor of the late James A. Van Allen, U.S. space pioneer and longtime distinguished professor of physics in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Leaders of Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa have named three researchers as recipients of the second round of the 2012 American Cancer Society seed grant awards.

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History continues its fall series, “Storytime Adventures,” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 18. Join us on the third Sunday of each month as we explore animals and the environment in Iowa and around the world.

In recognition of his worldwide reputation as a respected teacher and scholar of international human rights, Burns Weston, founding director of the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights, was recently awarded the Courage of Conviction award.

A University of Iowa team of more than 30 researchers from five different colleges has been named a finalist and awarded $5,000 in a competition that challenged international research teams to provide the best interpretation and communication of DNA sequencing results for three children with rare, undiagnosed genetic diseases.

The Hancher footbridge will be closed Nov. 9-16 for emergency repairs to a water main. Pedestrians should use the Iowa Memorial Union footbridge as an alternate route during the closure.

The University of Iowa Mock Trial team took home four top-10 finishes at a tournament at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn, Nov. 2-4.

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

Embark on a vicarious trip around the world—and see familiar landscapes in a new light—by viewing the winning entries in the University of Iowa International Programs' annual “Show Us the World through Your Eyes” photo contest, part of International Education Week Nov. 12-16.

By recycling their cans, paper, and plastic this Saturday at Kinnick Stadium, Hawkeye fans can help the University of Iowa score big in the Gameday Challenge, a national competition for colleges and universities to promote waste reduction at their football games.