Improving opportunities for women to obtain higher-paying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers will be the subject of a free, public talk from 5 to 6 p.m., Thursday, April 19, at T-Spoons, located at the corner of Linn and Market streets.

Hancher and Working Group Theatre have added a fifth show of Mayberry. Tickets are now available for a performance on Saturday, April 28 at 2 p.m. at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City.

The Jazz Repertory Ensemble of the University of Iowa School of Music will celebrate the work of three major composer/arrangers in April 19 and May 3 concerts at the Mill restaurant.

The University of Iowa Center for New Music Ensemble will launch a spring tour with a free concert at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 19, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

University of Iowa Writers' Workshop graduates Vinnie Wilhelm and Nick Dybek will read from their work at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 18, in Prairie Lights Books. The reading will be streamed at www.writinguniversity.org.

United States Poet Laureate Philip Levine will give the keynote address at the sixth annual writing conference presented by the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.

More than 60 faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be honored at a public celebration and reception April 16.

April 19 open house features undergraduate research presentations, grad school seminar, talk on the future of energy, and more.

Temple Grandin, widely considered to be the most accomplished and best-known adult with autism in the world, will speak in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 18.

In visiting painter Laurie Hogin's work, images of mutant plants and animals in overgrown landscapes examine themes like desire, pleasure, intoxication, and love.

Four graduating seniors were recognized by the Chief Diversity Office for their achievements, leadership, and service.

The symposium honors a former dean and member of Legacy of Iowa Engineering