Celebrity Chris Soules will join Kirk Ferentz and the Iowa football team to help raise money for the UI Children's Hospital during the fifth annual Ladies Football Academy June 6.

A public memorial luncheon for Jude West, long-time University of Iowa business professor and champion of Iowa non-profit organizations who died Monday, will be held Friday, April 17, at noon, at the University Club.

The UI Department of Theatre Arts will close out its UI Theatre Mainstage season with The Liar, a comedy by David Ives. The Liar will be on stage at 8 p.m. April 16-18 and 22-25 and at 2 p.m. April 19 and 26 in the Mabie Theatre, UI Theatre Building.

Members of the media are invited for a sneak peek inside Mary Louise Petersen Residence Hall on the University of Iowa campus on Thursday, April 16, between 3:30 and 4 p.m. to view progress on the 501-bed residence hall slated to open for fall semester 2015.

The newly-formed President’s Black Student Advisory Committee (BSAC) is hosting a forum for all University of Iowa students on Tuesday, April 14, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Carver-Hawkeye Arena’s Feller Club Room.

The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present "All Recipes Are Home" April 17-18 at the Johnson County Fairgrounds. This new play, co-commissioned by Hancher and created by Iowa City’s Working Group Theatre, explores how food, farming, sustainability, and agriculture affect our lives and culture.

The University of Iowa Chief Diversity Office invites members of the UI campus and community to celebrate distinctive and innovative diversity contributions at the 16th annual Diversity Catalyst Award Reception Tuesday, April 28.

A University of Iowa summit on April 15th — which will examine the personal journeys of veterans and their families —will challenge students to rethink how leadership is defined, what it means to lead by example and how mental attitude can overcome adversity.

The Iowa Humanities Festival considers the imaginative power of the prairie as presenters from colleges, universities, and cultural institutions across Iowa highlight the humanities in the Midwest.

The University of Iowa Department of Dance is pleased to present an MFA Thesis Concert, “The Remedy: A MOVEment MoveMENT,” featuring the work of Duane Lee Holland Jr. and Maurice Watson, at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, April 16-18, in Space Place Theater.

A boundary-defying performer, Howard Fishman dives deeply into the influential legacy of Bob Dylan with two Club Hancher performances April 10.

University of Iowa student Erin Maier has expanded her personal field of study from the globe to the universe, switching from International Studies and Chinese to Astronomy and Physics. Maier is one of 131 UI students presenting research Wednesday, April 8 at the UI Spring Undergraduate Research Fair .