The discovery of a new T. rex fossil suggests that the tyrannosaur “honed its sensory toolbox before it gained massive size,” says University of Iowa faculty member Christopher Brochu, who studies the evolutionary history of dinosaurs.

Usha Mallik, professor of physics and astronomy in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, plays a key role in ATLAS, a particle physics experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN that is searching for new discoveries in the head-on collisions of protons of extraordinarily high energy.

University of Iowa student Caroline Wadman and her faculty mentor, Gerene Denning, will head to Washington, D.C., to participate in a selective research showcase called Posters on the Hill. Wadman's project focuses on ATV-related deaths and injuries and will inform educational materials.

A team of UI students is growing hydroponic lettuce in one of the university's biology buildings as part of a sustainability contest sponsored by the Tippie College of Business and Frontier Naturals.

Student Willy Tan was among the UI contingent showing work at the North American Handbuilt Bike Show. Tan's touring bicycle caught the eye of this blogger: "In my opinion one of the best examples—and my favorite bike of the whole show—was this little pink beauty."

UI faculty and students will partner with Mason City and a five-county region in east-central Iowa on community-betterment projects ranging from art to urban revitalization. The Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities will lead the effort, which will take place during the 2016–17 academic year.

Researchers at the University of Iowa have found that overweight and obese children are at greater risk for pedestrian injury.

Iowa swept the basketball academic awards given by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Men’s basketball player Jarrod Uthoff was named the national Academic All-America of the Year, while Ally Disterhoft won the same award for women’s basketball. No other school has won both awards in the same year.

Why are there different hominin species sprinkled throughout the islands of Southeast Asia? A study led by UI paleoanthropologist Russell Ciochon suggests that ancient humans followed nomadic prey throughout the islands as the climate changed, then became isolated and later went extinct.

The University of Iowa School of Music will live stream the March 4 Kantorei and University Choir performance, beginning at 7:25 p.m. CST.

The New York Times profiles a program, the Big Ten New Play Initiative, started by UI Theatre Arts Chair Alan MacVey.

Jeremy Manternach guest conducted at two music conferences this month.