The Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities (IISC) will partner with Decorah and Winneshiek County, as well as Iowa City and Sioux City. The IISC aids municipalities with sustainability projects that are spearheaded by UI students and professors.

In celebration of Bill Sackter—the namesake of Wild Bill’s coffee shop in North Hall and Uptown Bill’s Coffee House and Community Arts Center—a series of events will take place April 10, 12, and 14, including a birthday bash with live music.

When he's not working out and preparing for games with his NFL teammates, former Hawkeye stand-out Julian Vandervelde is the front man for a Quad Cities-based metal band called "Bigger on the Inside."

In the final President’s Forum of the semester, UI President Sally Mason pointed to the university's long record of streamlining operations and noted progress on UI measures to combat sexual assault.

Still looking to give yourself the chills even though the weather is warming? The Old Capitol Museum invites you to a special evening of fright as University of Iowa students read selected works by Edgar Allan Poe at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, in the Senate Chamber.

Ever wondered what a triceratops used its horns for? Ever pondered why a saber-toothed cat needed saber teeth? Learn the answers as Don "The Fossil Guy" Johnson returns to the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History in April with programs at 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoons.

Herbert Cole, professor emeritus from the University of California, Santa Barbara, will lecture on “Perspectives on African Art and Life” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10, in Room 240 of Art Building West at the University of Iowa. The lecture is free and open to the public.

University of Iowa Health Care specialists will hold a series of Mini-Medical School presentations on the science behind personalized cancer care over a three-week period beginning April 15.

During April, the University of Iowa will present a series of events promoting sustainability on campus and in the local community as part of Earth Month 2014.

University of Iowa Libraries celebrated the International Edible Book Festival on Tuesday with delicious contest entries that integrated text, literary allusion, or the form of a book.

Researchers at University of Iowa and colleagues found that pigeons, like humans, use selective attention to look at specific features of an object. The ability to locate unique signs helps the birds accomplish the task of sorting objects just like humans.

Regarding another researcher's study showing high blood pressure in young adulthood leads to lower brain function in mid-life: UI professor Jennifer Robinson says, "We're finding subtle changes early that have cumulatively negative effects; the public health data is extremely clear."