Improving opportunities for women to obtain higher-paying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers will be the subject of a free, public talk from 5 to 6 p.m., Thursday, April 19, at T-Spoons, located at the corner of Linn and Market streets.

Greek Week is an annual celebration of and for all 40 of Iowa’s sororities and fraternities. This year, the community is shining a spotlight on its growing number of culturally based groups as it wraps up the week with the NPHC Stroll Competition at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 21.

The first Phil's Day celebration—part of the UI Foundation's student-focused Phil Was Here campaign—showcases the ways in which donor support creates a stronger university.

Specialists in the UI Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery will offer free screenings for oral, head and neck cancer from 8 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, April 25, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

United States Poet Laureate Philip Levine will give the keynote address at the sixth annual writing conference presented by the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.

A UI student designed this year's Earth Day fundraiser T-shirt while deployed in Afghanistan with the Air National Guard.

Two graduate students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences received the Marcus Bach Fellowships.

Faculty members Judith Pascoe and Steven Ungar are among this year's list of Guggenheim Fellows.

More than 60 faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be honored at a public celebration and reception April 16.

Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

Temple Grandin, widely considered to be the most accomplished and best-known adult with autism in the world, will speak in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 18.

Dane Pratt is contributing to valuable pain research in the UI Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, and for his work he has been named the 2011 University of Iowa Student Employee of the Year.