The University of Iowa football team views spring practice as a time for development. Members of the team have taken that view to the community this month, sharing the message of literature with Iowa City youth.

Iowa Writers' Workshop alumna Erica Bernheim and Chris Dombrowski will read from their poetry at 7 p.m. Monday, April 29, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.

What were mammals eating during the Age of Dinosaurs and what can we learn about their diets from studying fossils of their teeth? Those and other questions will be answered as the "The Fossil Guy" series continues Saturday, April 27, at 2 p.m. at the UI Museum of Natural History.

According to googlescholar.com, Pascarella’s work has been cited more than 22,000 times and the number increases daily. This makes him the third-most cited scholar at the University of Iowa and ranks him approximately 576th among all scholars with an email address ending in .edu on the site.

Russell Banks, an Ida Beam Visiting Professor at the University of Iowa, will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 25, in Room 1505 of the Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences on the UI campus.

With the recent heavy rains the Iowa Flood Center (IFC) at the University of Iowa reminds Iowans about an online tool, the Iowa Flood Information System (IFIS), which provides information about community-specific flood conditions including current stream and river levels at nearly 275 U.S. Geological Survey and IFC gauges across the state.

AXIS Dance Company grew out of a movement class into a jewel of contemporary dance, featuring work by leading choreographers performed by brilliant—and diverse—dancers.

More than 12,000 babies born in the United States since 1963 have been saved from the devastating effects of untreated congenital conditions, thanks to a few drops of blood collected shortly after birth and the pioneering work of Robert Guthrie. In Iowa, the screening is performed by the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa.

Through federally approved tours, the UI Alumni Association helps travelers explore the cultural, literary, artistic, and historic riches of Cuba.

A song first performed at the University of Iowa in a Hancher performance will be heard on the popular Fox television show "Glee."

Heavy rains overnight caused a mudslide behind Mayflower Residence Hall late Wednesday night and flooded parts of Dubuque Street, leading this morning to the closure of its north and south lanes from the front of Mayflower to just south of Foster Road and forcing the rerouting of Cambus service.

Celebrated astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson visited the University of Iowa this week. Tyson stopped by an astronomy class, held court in a casual chat with invited faculty and students, strolled the streets of Iowa City, and gave a spirited public talk at the Memorial Union.