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.

Osage resident Emily Kuper says thanks to the University of Iowa's online degree program, she was able to obtain her Bachelor of Science in Nursing without leaving her home, fiancé, or job.

Charles A. Nelson III from Harvard University will deliver the 2014 Spiker Memorial Lecture, “The Effects of Early Deprivation on Brain and Behavioral Development” Friday, April 11, at 3:30 p.m. in C107 Pappajohn Business Building on the University of Iowa campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.

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).

UI accounting students with the Beta Alpha Psi accounting fraternity offer free federal tax preparation for low income residents.

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...

University of Iowa Youth Ballet, a community outreach program of the UI Department of Dance, will offer four weeklong dance workshops this summer: three for children and one for intermediate dancers.

Certified Archivist Trudy Huskamp Peterson will be on the University of Iowa campus Monday and Tuesday, April 7 and 8, as part of the Department of History Visiting Lecturer Series. Peterson is former acting archivist of the United States.

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development recognized research and innovation excellence among UI students, faculty, and staff April 3 with its inaugural Distinguished Research Awards. Recipients were honored Thursday at a private dinner and ceremony at hotel Vetro alongside other distinguished colleagues.