The Florida State Seminoles are the most productive team after the first three weeks of the college football season, according to a weekly ranking that measures offensive and defensive production compiled by a University of Iowa economist.

Stacie Townsend might be the only University of Iowa law student who knows all the lyrics to "God Save the Queen."

While connections between a French Emperor, a nearly-forgotten war, and the State of Iowa may seem remote, they are, in fact, all around us.

University of Iowa men's golfer Steven Ihm tied for second place out of 75 individuals at the 2012 Golfweek Conference Challenge, co-hosted by Iowa and Spirit Hollow Golf Course in Burlington, Iowa. Ihm carded a 209 (-7) three-round total to help the Hawkeyes jump from sixth to fourth place on the final day.

"American Literature and Culture in an Age of Cold War: A Critical Assessment," edited by Steven Betteto and Daniel Grausam, will be available Oct. 1 from the University of Iowa Press.

The University of Iowa School of Music's 2012-13 Distinguished Clarinet Lecture/Recital Series on Brazilian Music will begin with a free event by faculty clarinetist Maurita Murphy Mead, assisted by guitar student ZeEmilio Gobbo, at 3:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 30, in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol.

Iowa Cello Daze, an annual celebration for performers and fans of the violoncello, will be hosted by the University of Iowa School of Music Sept. 29 and 30.

Hancher will present Stew & The Negro Problem Sept. 27 and Ti-Coca & Wanga Nègès Oct. 5, both at The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. in downtown Iowa City with performances at 7:30 and 10 p.m. for both events.

The latest publications and presentations from the College of Public Health.

The University of Iowa Department of Public Safety will test the Hawk Alert emergency notification system at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 20. The test is required by law.

A research team at the University of Iowa has engineered a better design for hip implants for obese patients. The team learned that thigh size is a reason why hip implants fail, and why it contributes to an increased rate of failure for the morbidly obese. Results are published in the journal Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.

Poets Cole Swensen and Cal Bedient, former faculty members of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will present a free reading at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, in Prairie Lights Books and on a Virtual Writing University live stream.