The University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop will present a free reading by poet, performer, and librettist Douglas Kearney at 8 p.m., Monday, April 14, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House.

A group of UI students will take their ideas from the classroom to the community through a new Engaged Social Innovation track within the interdepartmental studies major; up to 12 honors students will be selected for the three-year program.

The University of Iowa will host a range of activities and events to commemorate Earth Month, which runs for most of April. A selection is highlighted below for the media, while the events, where noted, are open to the public.

University of Iowa student Erin Church discusses the undergraduate research opportunities she's had working with associate professor Teresa Treat in the UI Department of Psychology.

Carl and Claire Stuart’s shared journey began on the University of Iowa campus. Nearly 45 years and thousands of miles later, that journey continues.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present the Iowa Brass Quintet’s spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus. The concert is free and open to the public.

American painter Lisa Sanditz, visiting artist in painting and drawing in the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History, will give a public lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 10, in Room 116 of Art Building West.

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.

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).

Jason Urban, printmaking alumnus of the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History, will speak at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 10, in Art Building West. The lecture is free and open to the public.

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.