A team of Tippie College of Business Iowa MBA students is working with the National Park Service on a traffic-management plan to reduce vehicle congestion in Arches National Park and preserve its delicate ecosystem.

UI President Bruce Harreld writes to Iowa’s spring graduates about the importance of community and how to take what they’ve learned at Iowa out into the wider world.

National Bike to Work Week 2019 will take place May 13–19. Bike to Work Day is Friday, May 17.

Hancher Auditorium’s 2019–20 season will start early with Motown legend Diana Ross and end late with “The Big Splash!”

Former Iowa crew teammates Taylor Williams and Kennedy Voss wanted to take part in Semester at Sea through the University of Iowa’s study abroad program in spring 2019. But they didn’t know how they were going to pay for it.

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

Erica Cole doesn’t let anything diminish her zest for life. Not even losing a leg. Cole is starting a business that sells custom covers for prosthetic limbs.

This summer, Sue Curry will step down as interim executive vice president and provost and Montserrat Fuentes will join the University of Iowa and permanently assume that role. Before the transition, Provost Curry invites campus to reflect on the unique strengths of the UI community and its culture.

Daniel Clay, dean of the College of Education, and Keri Hornbuckle, Donald E. Bentley Professor of Engineering and professor of occupational and environmental health, will serve as co-chairs of the search committee for a new dean of the College of Engineering.

More than 4,300 University of Iowa students will receive their degrees at spring 2018 commencement ceremonies, which begin Thursday, May 10, with the College of Pharmacy and end on Friday, May 25, with the College of Dentistry. All other ceremonies will take place May 11–13.

The acclaimed national Colored Conventions Project has named two members of the UI campus community co-directors of its first pilot satellite partner, and a new course gives students an opportunity to rediscover this little-known part of Iowa history.

Recognizing the desire for family and friends of international students to share in the joy of commencement, the University of Iowa recruits volunteers to interpret the ceremonies in different languages.