A University of Iowa workshop to be held this week will address issues that stem from recent increases in the number of Chinese students at the university.

What do video games have to do with faith? Iowa alumnus Kevin Schut, an avid gamer and committed Christian, will return to campus to present a free, public discussion called “Of Games and God: A Christian Exploration of Video Games.”

Neil Bernstein will discuss his study of ornate box turtles at an upcoming Explorers Seminar at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, in the Biosphere Discovery Hub in the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History.

The news media and the public are invited to participate in the free Iowa City Darwin Day activities set for Feb. 21 and 22 on the University of Iowa campus.

A public memorial service for Randy Bezanson, University of Iowa professor of law and former university vice president, will be held Saturday, Feb. 15, at 4 p.m. in the Levitt Center for University Advancement.

What's behind the title of Alan MacVey's Feb. 23 Presidential Lecture, "What Made It So Exciting?" “It’s hard to assess what art does when it asks questions, because its questions do not have answers,” MacVey says. “They lead to other questions, and that’s what makes them exciting."

Rubie Watson, former director of Harvard’s Peabody Museum, will discuss her experiences in repatriating Native America objects and human remains Thursday, Feb. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in 240 Art Building West on the University of Iowa campus. Her talk is part of the UI Museum of Art’s “SmartTalk” series.

Donald Bossi, president of the nationally acclaimed FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), is scheduled to attend the FTC-Iowa Championship Feb. 21 and 22 at the Marriott Coralville Hotel and Conference Center in Coralville.

As the Nazis murdered millions of people, they also perpetrated the greatest mass theft in history, says former congressman and UI faculty member Jim Leach. He’ll offer his perspective on the topic during a Feb. 25 talk in Des Moines.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the UI Chamber Orchestra, conducted by William LaRue Jones, director of orchestral studies in the UI School of Music, at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

An all-day workshop titled "Global leadership starts here: A U.S.-China student workshop on the undergraduate experience at Iowa" will be held Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Adler Journalism Building on the University of Iowa campus.

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History invites you to come out of the cold and come along for a different kind of snowy adventure as it presents "The Amazing Adventures of Willy the Woolly," performed by Eulenspiegel Puppets at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15.