The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History will present a lecture from UI professor emeritus Charles Hindes, “Wood-fire and Smoke-firing Aesthetics and Techniques,” at 6 p.m. Monday, March 24, in Room 1415 of Studio Arts Building.

University Communication and Marketing video services staff produces "The Iowa Now Minute," a new, 60-second roundup highlighting recent University of Iowa activities, research, public engagement, and campus life. Look for a new video every Friday in Iowa Now. Check out Iowa Now Minute 3/7/14.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free recital by the Clarinet Studio of UI faculty member Maurita Murphy Marx at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall. The recital will feature solos, trios, and quartets from a repertoire that ranges from Bach to Brazilian music.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the University Band and Concert Band at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 10, in the Iowa Memorial Union Ballroom.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free ensemble concert by Camerata and University Choir at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 7, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

UI researchers had subjects listen to, watch, and blindly touch a variety of everyday sounds, silent videos, and common objects, and found that after an hour, a day or a week, seeing and touching trumps listening when it comes to remembering.

The UI launched the Transforming Large Lectures Project with two classes in this spring semester, using technology both to help students prepare for class and to allow for more interaction among students and between students and the professor.

The University of Iowa has several experts available to comment on the crisis in Ukraine, from political to social to economic impacts.

University of Iowa students participating in the Recreation and Sport Business track traveled to Chicago on Feb. 13 for an educational field trip.

Ed Wasserman runs the Comparative Cognition Laboratory at the University of Iowa and is world renowned for his work in animal intelligence, including proving that pigeons recognize individual human faces.

Avid cyclist and University of Iowa art professor Steve McGuire teaches students how to make bicycles as artistic expression.

University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus Daniel Alarcón is one of five finalists for the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, America's largest peer-juried prize for fiction. Alarcón is nominated for "At Night We Walk in Circles," published by Riverhead Books.