The new UI Mobile Museum, sponsored by the Old Capitol Museum, Museum of Natural History, and Office of the State Archaeologist, features exhibits about Iowa's ice age mammals, the founding of Iowa, and the state's "ancient agriculturalists" based in the Loess Hills.

UI alumnus and craft-chocolate maker Michael Mast will speak about his new cookbook Thursday, April 10, at 6:30 p.m. The first 100 people to arrive at Shambaugh Auditorium for the presentation will receive a small sample of Mast Brothers chocolate.

A group of UI students will take their ideas from the classroom to the community through a new Engaged Social Innovation track within the interdepartmental studies major; up to 12 honors students will be selected for the three-year program.

UI graduate student Andrew Nelson examined the effectiveness of several methods of measuring radium levels in flowback water, including gamma-ray spectroscopy, emanation techniques, and EPA method 903.0.

University of Iowa student Erin Church discusses the undergraduate research opportunities she's had working with associate professor Teresa Treat in the UI Department of Psychology.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present the Iowa Brass Quintet’s spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus. The concert is free and open to the public.

Many musicians, artists, and scientists have desired to merge disciplines in order to better understand our world, and Iowans will have the chance to experience the results of one such collaboration this week with The Crossroads Project on campus.

The UI Council on the Status of Women has extended the deadline on the call for new members. The new deadline is 4 p.m. April 14.

Members of the media are invited to cover a field trip that will bring an estimated 60 middle school students from Columbus Junction, Iowa, to participate in interactive sessions on campus through the University of Iowa College of Education's Project HOPE (Healthcare, Occupations, Preparation, and Exploration).

Recent growth in the UI College of Engineering is related in part to K-12 focus on STEM education, but also, says Jane Dorman, director of admissions, to the college's unique approach: “UI is a big liberal arts school, and we like to encourage our students to do other things..."

Ruth Colker, one of the leading scholars in the areas of constitutional law and disability discrimination, will give the 2014 Inaugural Richards Lecture in the UI College of Law, discussing the collision between No Child Left Behind and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Thursday, April 10, on the UI campus.

The Public Policy Center at the University of Iowa is marking its 25th year by holding a series of policy discussions, called "What If?" At each forum, researchers will examine different hypothetical scenarios and their unintended consequences, and present relevant research. The sessions, open to the media and the public, are held each Tuesday evening from April 8 to April 29 in the Iowa City...