Six University of Iowa professors have been named Collegiate Fellows of the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in recognition of their distinguished teaching, research, and service.

Nate Larson and Marni Shindelman, visiting artists in the photography area of the School of Art and Art History, will speak on Geolocation: Tributes to the Data Stream at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in E105 of the Adler Journalism Building on the University of Iowa campus.

The Grant Wood Symposium is just one aspect of a grander vision—an artist colony that will be a lasting legacy of the creativity of Iowa's most famous artist and his commitment to supporting other artists.

Acting student John Watkins will head to New York to pursue a theater career when he graduates after a busy schedule of University of Iowa and other local productions.

University of Iowa Writers' Workshop alumnus and former faculty member Allan Gurganus, best known for his bestselling novel Oldest Confederate War Widow Tells All, will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 15, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Dey House.

The University of Iowa School of Music will honor emerita faculty member Betty Bang Mather with Baroque for Betty: A Flute Extravaganza at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 14, in the Riverside Recital Hall. The event is free and open the public.

The University of Iowa Department of Dance will present Mind the Gap, a production featuring the thesis works of four graduate students, at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, April 12-14, in the Space Place Theatre of North Hall.

Violinist Diana Seitz, a guest of the University of Iowa School of Music, will present a free recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

Gary Shteyngart, a guest of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Dey House.

The Iowa Brass Quintet of the University of Iowa School of Music will return from a Midwest tour to present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall.

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A UI expert will explore the unprecedented financial crises affecting America’s middle class in a free public lecture presented by the UI Alumni Association on April 24 in Des Moines.