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

The latest economic forecast from the University of Iowa’s MBA student financial analysts sees slow but steady growth over the next two years, with political uncertainty in the U.S. and Europe keeping unemployment above 7 percent.

Short-story writer Deborah Eisenberg, a former visiting faculty member in the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will return as a guest of the workshop to present a free reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Dey House.

Libyan fiction writer Hisham Matar, who is based in London, will be an Ida Beam Visiting Professor in the University of Iowa International Writing Program, a residency that includes free public events.

Family Services, a division of University of Iowa Human Resources, will host a parent/provider meet-and-greet session from 4 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 25, in the East Room (on the eighth floor, near elevator F) of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

Faculty, staff, and students of public or private colleges or universities in Iowa, and researchers and educators affiliated with Iowa state agencies may apply for seed grants from the University of Iowa Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination. The application deadline is Nov. 5.

The Cinematheque film series of the University of Iowa International Writing Program (IWP) will screen the 1962 Czechoslovakian feature "The Sun in a Net" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, in Room E105 of the Adler Journalism Building.

David Stoltz, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of internal medicine at the UI Carver College of Medicine, has received a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the role of mucus production in models of airway disease.

Pre-service teachers learn more than teamwork and problem-solving skills when paired with College of Education REACH students with intellectual and learning disabilities. REACH students also take away skills including confidence in their ability to problem solve and socialize.

Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge and the University of Iowa have formalized an agreement to allow Iowa Central students to earn a four-year degree without having to travel outside their region.

Family and friends who plan to visit patients in University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics before, during or immediately after Saturday’s Hawkeye football game against the University of Northern Iowa should be prepared for delays. Hospital and UI Public Safety officials are offering several tips.

The UI is tied with Michigan State University and Virginia Tech for 28th place among the best public universities in the country, according to the latest rankings published by the magazine U.S. News & World Report.