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."

Each year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) publishes a list of scams that peak during filing season. Tax fraud through the use of identity theft tops this IRS list of scams. Here are tips to avoid becoming a victim.

"Gifts and Grants" is a roundup of research grants and other funding obtained by University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students in support of work across disciplines—from the sciences to the arts and humanities—that will be published regularly in Iowa Now.

The annual University of Iowa Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women presents some of the university's top honors for faculty and staff, as well as scholarships for promising students.

The Fry Street Quartet will join physicist Robert Davies and composer Laura Kaminsky in presenting "The Crossroads Project," an interdisciplinary program using a blend of science, music performance, and original art to explores issues related to climate change and sustainability, at 7:30 p.m. April 8.

The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will produce "Slaughter City," a work by University of Iowa Playwrights Workshop Graduate Naomi Wallace, as its next Mainstage production. "Slaughter City" will be on stage at 8 p.m. April 10-12 and April 16-19, and at 2 p.m. April 13 and 20.

Cynthia Brinich-Langlois, Virginia A. Myers Visiting Assistant Professor in Printmaking, will give a lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, in Room 116 Art Building West. She will show her work in the Ark Gallery of Studio Arts Building April 7-12.

Pinecone or pine nut? Friend or foe? Distinguishing between the two requires that we pay special attention to the telltale characteristics of each. And humans aren’t the only ones up to the task. According to UI researchers, pigeons share our ability to place everyday things in categories. Results are published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.