A University of Iowa study identifies a brain protein that acts as a communications hub for blood pressure control, and links cardiovascular disease and obesity to hypertension.

The University of Iowa Center for New Music will present a free solo violin recital by Kia-Hui Tan at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall. The program will consist of winning works from the 2013 KH Tan Composition Competition for Solo Violin Works: Asian Inspirations.

University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and alumni received some of the institution’s highest honors—including Hancher-Finkbine Medallions recognizing leadership, learning, and loyalty—at the 96th annual Finkbine Dinner.

The University of Iowa recognizes nine undergraduates who help keep the university working, including one winner, Andrew Michalski, who has received state and regional honors, too.

Come decorate a canvas bag, try your hand in the recycling relay, catch a free movie, and more at Family Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, April 20 and 21, at the University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums, the Museum of Natural History, and Old Capitol Museum.

Alexandra Chasin will read from her books "Brief" and "Kissed By" at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 14, 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. A screening of "Composer and I," a 22-minute film by Chasin and Cathy Lee Crane, will follow the reading.

Throughout April, the University of Iowa is celebrating the culture of sustainability with numerous Earth Month activities on campus.

University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who’s making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.

UI student organization Walk It Out presents the fourth annual Walk It Out Multicultural Fashion Show, Saturday, April 13, in the Iowa Memorial Union Main Lounge. Proceeds benefit AIDS education.

The University of Iowa Museum of Art has paired with Iowa City Carnaval to put together a free public event to be held on Saturday, April 20 in North Hall, Room B1, on the UI campus.

The College of Law will look at the potential impacts of the ever-increasing federal debt when it hosts a conference featuring Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis Lockhart on Saturday, April 13.

The University of Iowa will host a reading of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol Museum.