Iowa Writers' Workshop alumnus Charles D’Ambrosio will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House.

University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus Peter Orner will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House.

The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra performing "No Place to Go" on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, at 7:30 p.m. at The Mill in Iowa City. The show is the latest offering in the Club Hancher series of events.

A survey by the University of Iowa Public Policy Center revealed that among Iowa children, African-Americans and Latinos experience a higher rate of health care disparities than white and Asian children.

The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will present a Gallery Production, "Monopoly," written by Sarah Cho and directed by Ashley Pettit, at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 30-Feb. 1, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, in Theatre B of the UI Theatre Building.

Iowa native David Thoreson will open his photographic exhibit at the UI's Old Capitol Museum during a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23. His exhibit, “The Northwest Passage and Oceans Beyond: An Iowan Sails into History,” will be on display Jan. 23 through May 25.

Jen Percy, a graduate of the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will read from her debut, "Demon Camp: A Soldier's Exorcism," at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City.

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History will begin its spring “Movies@MNH” series at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, with a free public screening of "Cold Warriors: Wolves and Buffalo" in Macbride Auditorium.

This year’s UI Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration of Human Rights includes a Day of Service focused on hunger and homelessness, a unity walk and tribute on the Pentacrest, and a lecture by journalist, documentarian, and TV news producer Soledad O’Brien.

The University of Iowa opens a series of events in Des Moines Tuesday, Jan. 28, with a talk by P. Barry Butler, UI executive vice president and provost, on wind energy, which has emerged as a vital part of Iowa’s energy economy.

More than 100 middle school students from eastern Iowa are visiting the University of Iowa through Project HOPE, a UI College of Education initiative to promote health science professions to eighth-grade students from rural middle schools.

Members of the media are invited to cover a field trip with more than 100 middle school students from West Liberty, Iowa on the University of Iowa campus through the UI College of Education's Project HOPE (Healthcare, Occupations, Preparation, and Exploration) Friday, Jan. 10.