The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases when it meets at the University of Iowa College of Law as part of the law school’s annual Supreme Court Day events Sept. 7.

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History’s Directors’ Lecture Series begins with Cornell University's Will B. Provine, who will speak Thursday, Aug. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Old Capitol Museum Senate Chamber.

University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums are proud to present an exhibit showcasing Iowa soldiers' perspectives from Aug. 30 through May 26 in the Old Capitol Museum’s Hanson Family Humanities Gallery.

The University of Iowa Museum of Art invites you to "Come Together" and party for art at the First Friday reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sept. 7. After a summer at other venues, the UIMA welcomes the First Friday series back to its original location at HotelVetro, downtown Iowa City.

Indie pop duo Matt & Kim and the high-energy rock group Grand Funk Railroad will co-headline the 2012 University of Iowa Homecoming concert on Friday, Sept. 28.

Piano Sundays, a series of live performances at the University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum, resumes Sept. 2 at 1:30 p.m. The series features UI School of Music piano professors and their studio students.

Trumpeter Amy Schendel will be joined by two of her University of Iowa School of Music faculty colleagues—pianist Rene Lecuona and organist Greg Hand—and pianist Jason Sifford in a free recital at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

The Fall Proseminar in Cinema and Culture, a free screening and discussion series, will survey films from around the globe and along the historical trajectory of cinema.

The Partnership for Alcohol Safety wants to make sure students are aware that the Iowa City Police Department is conducting proactive party patrols this fall to look for apartment and house parties that are disruptive to neighbors or that have signs that things might be getting out of control.

Robin Hemley, director of the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, will read from "Reply All," his new collection of short stories, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, in Prairie Lights Books and through a live stream on the Virtual Writing University.

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History will begin its fall “Movies@MNH” series Sunday, Sept. 2, at 2 p.m. in the Macbride Auditorium. The movie series is a free family event open to the public. This month’s movie is a NOVA feature titled “Last Extinction: What Killed the Mammoths?”

The fourth-annual Hawkapalooza will feature a lunchtime tailgate party, a pep rally, and an evening concert from Grammy-award winning superstar T-Pain at Hubbard Park on Thursday, Sept. 6.