Two days before linking up with performers in Russia, the Book Wings collaborative theater initiative will connect performers from the University of Iowa with artists at the University of Baghdad March 11. The initiative uses the latest technologies to bring together artists and stage spaces—in this case, 6,500 miles apart—to produce one integrated, interactive experience.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by Kantorei, the University of Iowa's premier choral ensemble, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 8, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

Patrick Earl Hammie will discuss his recent project, "Significant Other," at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 6, in Room 116 of Art Building West on the University of Iowa campus. The free, public event is sponsored by the UI School of Art and Art History.

New research out of the University of Iowa, published in PLOS One, suggests that those moments when we forget something we were told are particularly human—that people’s memory for things they hear is just not that great.

The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History will present a public lecture by artist Brigitte Martin at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, in Room 116 of Art Building West.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by Ritmocano, a new Latin jazz group formed by UI jazz faculty member James Dreier, at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 9, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall.

Randall Kenan, author of fiction and nonfiction, will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present “Hearing, Voice, Singing, and Self-Regulation: Polyvagal Theory and the Power of Music,” a presentation by physical therapist Matt Erb at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6, in Room 150 of Clinton Street Music 6 in downtown Iowa City.

The Wieting Theatre and Opera House kicks off its inaugural Fine Arts Performance Series with Dancers in Company, the touring repertory dance company of the UI Dance Department, Sunday, March 9, at 2 p.m.

Jane Goodall will present a lecture, “Sowing the Seeds of Hope” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 10 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on the University of Iowa campus. Goodall is a researcher, conservationist, and lecturer, and is best known for her study of chimpanzee behavior that revolutionized primate research.

More than 150 high school students from around the state came to campus to present original research and participate in hands-on learning labs during the 2014 Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium hosted by the UI College of Education's Belin-Blank Center.

Five of the more than 150 Iowa high school students from across the state were chosen to advance to a national conference after presenting their original research on the UI campus during the 2014 Iowa Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.