An online game that lets citizen scientists help map the brain connections involved in vision is the subject of one of three public presentations by leading neuroscience experts being held April 16 and 17 to celebrate UI Health Sciences Research Week.

University of Iowa students, faculty, and staff interested in starting a technology start-up business can learn more about helpful UI resources at the Hawkeye Innovation Summit from 8-11 a.m. Friday, April 26 at the hotelVetro.

Dylan Miner, whose project Anishinaabensag Biimskowebshkigewag (Native Kids Ride Bikes) is currently the University of Iowa Museum of Art’s featured spring exhibition, will present a free public lecture on Thursday, April 18, at 5:30 p.m. in Room 116 of Art Building West. The lecture is titled "History, Memory, and Collaboration.”

Death notices for current and retired UI employees. Links to online obituaries provided when available.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free concert by Johnson County Landmark—performing the music of John Rapson, director of jazz studies in the UI School of Music—at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18, in the Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City. The concert marks Rapson’s 20th anniversary at the UI School of Music.

One lane of southbound Madison Street and the sidewalk along the east side of the University of Iowa Main Library will be closed April 22 to Aug. 2 to facilitate the installation of th

Iowa’s place in judicial history will forever be cemented with Tinker v. Des Moines, the Supreme Court ruling that students do not lose their First Amendment right to free speech in school, but an Iowa legal researcher presents a new way of looking at it during the social media age.

Dancers in Company, the University of Iowa Department of Dance's resident touring company, is traveling throughout Iowa and the Midwest this spring, performing live concerts and lecture demonstrations for audiences of all ages. 'Iowa Now' traveled with the troupe to Indian Hills Community College to document the dancers' well-rounded experience.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a concert by the Latin Jazz Ensemble, with special guests from the UI Afro-Cuban Drum and Dance Ensemble, at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 21, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

J.C. Hallman, alumnus of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will read from "Wm & H’ry: Literature, Love, and the Letters Between William and Henry James," at 7 p.m. Monday, April 22, 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.

The Center for New Music Ensemble, featuring guest composer Hans Tutschku of Harvard University, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 21, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus. The program will feature three compositions by Tutschku, along with works by Bert Van Herck (visiting assistant professor in the UI School of Music) and Gérard Grisey.

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History begins its spring “Storytime Adventures” series on Sunday, April 21, at 3 p.m. Join us on the third Sunday of each month as we explore animals and the environment in Iowa and around the world.