The University of Iowa football team kicked off its 2012 season Sept. 1 at Soldier Field in Chicago. Thousands of Hawkeye fans invaded the Windy City, seeing the sights and spreading Hawkeye cheer everywhere they went. Check out the scenes from Navy Pier, Wrigley Field, and the site of the game against the Northern Illinois Huskies.

Leaders of University of Iowa student governments and the Hawks Nest, the official student fan group, are sending a message to UI students, encouraging them to “be proud and cheer loud” but also to “be good neighbors” as the fall football and sports season gets under way.

The Iowa football team traveled to Chicago to open the 2012 season vs. Northern Illinois at Soldier Field. Hawkeye fans flocked to the Windy City for the weekend, with many attending Hawkeyes Day at Wrigley Field on Friday before heading to the football game Saturday. Here is some of what they were sharing on social media.

Four games into the 2012 season, the University of Iowa women's soccer team's opponents have become familiar with seeing two names turn up on the score sheet: Cloe Lacasse and Ashley Catrell.

Becky Lane earned a doctorate in the sociology of sport, but a switch to filmmaker, with her Nice Girl Productions, was not such a dramatic change: Her UI dissertation was the first multi-media doctoral project in her department, including video interviews with Senior Olympics participants.

Alumnus Don Nelson will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Sept. 7. Nelson, 72, participated in the University of Iowa Spring 2012 commencement ceremony—five decades after leaving campus.

Since 2000, Big Ten rowing teams have made a total of 42 NCAA Championships appearances. Steve Pritzker was hired to get the University of Iowa women's rowing team back in that conversation.

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.

The University of Iowa women's soccer team got the fall athletics season started on the right foot, blasting a total of eight goals past the opposition while posting a pair of shutouts at the UI Soccer Complex. It's the team's third 2-0 start in coach Ron Rainey's seven seasons at the helm.

Registration is open for University of Iowa Recreational Services fall tennis classes for adults and youths.

University of Iowa junior volleyball player Rachael Bedell enters 2012 determined to rebound from the dreaded sophomore slump that killed any momentum she had built as a promising young freshman. The early returns in practice are encouraging.

At 6-foot-5, 310 pounds, Carl Davis has the size to make an impact on the University of Iowa defensive line. Now in his third year in the program, his health and maturity are equally on par.