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.

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.