More than 100 UI students will travel to Des Moines next week to participate in the fourth annual Hawkeye Caucus Day at the State Capitol.

The University of Iowa Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, Faculty Senate, and the Office of the Provost invite faculty to the annual Tenure Workshop Monday, March 31, in Room 116 of Art Building West.

Thirty University of Iowa graduate and undergraduate students from the combined studios of School of Music faculty members Katherine Eberle, Gregory Hand, Rachel Joselson, John Muriello, Stephen Swanson, Elizabeth Oakes, Nicole Esposito, Volkan Orhon, and Andrew Parker will perform in “Music of the Baroque for Voice and Instruments” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 31, in Riverside Recital Hall.

How does affect shape the work of artists, scholars, and activists? How might working environments and labor conditions become healthier? The UI Obermann Humanities Symposium: Affect and Inquiry will address these questions and more Thursday, March 27 to Saturday, March 29.

Experts of child abuse and neglect from around the world who are visiting the University of Iowa for the Provost’s Global Forum will be available for interviews Friday, March 28, from 9 to 11 a.m. in the River Room, Iowa Memorial Union.

Live stream of Don Gurnett's presentation for the Hawkeye Lunch and Learn event at the UI John and Mary Pappajohn Education Center in Des Moines on Tuesday, March 25, at 12 p.m. CST.

Curious about the recent discoveries unearthed during construction on campus? William Whittaker of the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist will discuss “The Archaeology of Iowa City” at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 27, at the UI Museum of Natural History.

The 2014 University of Iowa Provost’s Global Forum on “Child Protection: A Global Responsibility” will be held this week, focusing on how experiences that harm children’s social and behavioral functioning lead to physical and mental health issues in adulthood.

Travel to the icy reaches of the Arctic Circle and explore one of the great unsolved mysteries of the 20th century as the University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum screens “The Search for the Greatest Polar Explorer” in the Senate Chamber at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26.

The University of Iowa Libraries invites faculty, staff, students, and the community to celebrate the annual International Edible Books Festival April 1 by crafting a delicious book to share and, of course, eat.

The UI College of Education will host a day-long symposium Tuesday, March 25 that is free and open to the public. Scholars from Chile, Brazil, Germany, and the United States will lead discussions and presentations examining how educators in different social and cultural contexts respond to changes facing graduate education.

Calligrapher Thomas Ingmire will give the 2014 Mitchell Lecture on the Art of the Book, “Out of the Air: a Visual Poetic Journey.”