UI graduate Brittany McConnell discovered she wanted to pursue a career in environmental science after taking a course at the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory last summer. Scholarships are now available for the first 50 students who apply for the 2013 summer session.

Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus Aaron McCollough will read from his latest book, "Underlight," at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, 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.

Registration is now open for spring courses through the University of Iowa Lifetime Enrichment Adult Program.

The Hawkeye softball season doesn’t start until next month when they play Lipscomb University in the Hilton Houston Plaza Classic, but coach Marla Looper’s frozen offseason is just as busy preparing for the games to come.

Poet Sarah Lindsay will read from her work at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, 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.

Novelist and short-story writer Rilla Askew will read from her new book, "Kind of Kin," at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, 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.

George Weiner, M.D., director of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa, has been elected vice-president/president-elect of the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI). His term began January 1, and he will become AACI president in the fall of 2014.

Who are our diversity champions out making a difference? The University of Iowa Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity in the Chief Diversity Office wants to know. The office is seeking nominations for the 2013 Diversity Catalyst Awards. Nominations are due by Feb. 8.

The halls of the UI's Boyd Law Building are filled with portraits of long-term faculty members, a law school tradition going back decades.

A unique study abroad program in Peru allowed University of Iowa sophomore Macz Norton to blend study, service, and immersion for an unforgettable experience last summer.

Step back in time to a swinging 1930s nightclub at the University of Iowa Museum of Art’s New Deal Fundraiser from 8-11 p.m. on Saturday, March 2 in the Oakdale Ballroom at the Coralville Marriott Hotel & Conference Center. Tickets are $50. To order, call 319-335-1725.

One of the most intriguing ensembles in all of music returns to Iowa City with a program that includes a work co-commissioned by Hancher.