Concert organist Ann Marie Rigler, a University of Iowa alumna, will present a free concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 6, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

University of Iowa junior Liam Hovey has received a 2014 Goldwater Scholarship, the premier undergraduate award for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

A recent study led by Bruce Tomblin, UI professor of communication sciences and disorders, found that greater improvement in hearing via hearing aids led to better speech and language skills for children with mild and moderate-to-severe hearing loss.

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.

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.

"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.

Robert Cargill, UI assistant professor of classics, casts doubt on a report that two European historians have located the so-called Holy Grail, the goblet Jesus used at the Last Supper.