The Iowa football team traveled to Chicago to open the 2012 season vs. Northern Illinois at Soldier Field. Hawkeye fans flocked to the Windy City for the weekend, with many attending Hawkeyes Day at Wrigley Field on Friday before heading to the football game Saturday. Here is some of what they were sharing on social media.

Percussionist James Dreier, a faculty member in the jazz studies program of the UI School of Music, will feature special guests Joel Vanderheyden, saxophone, and Brian Smith, trumpet, in a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall.

Legendary modern-dance choreographer/director Jennifer Muller will be in residence at the University of Iowa Department of Dance this week, preparing UI dancers to perform her classic work "SPEEDS" in the upcoming Dance Gala.

Global initiatives at John Deere will be the subject of a seminar by Brian J. Rauch, vice president of engineering, John Deere Construction and Forestry, from 5 to 5:50 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, in MacBride Hall Auditorium. The seminar is held in conjunction with John Deere Day.

Equipment displays, hands-on activities, talks by company leaders, and networking opportunities will mark John Deere Day at the UI, an event designed to showcase career options across a range of professions, from engineering to public health.

The University of Iowa College of Education’s Teacher Leader Center is taking on bullying in a year-long series of workshops and other learning opportunities for future teachers as well as community members.

Free events on Sept. 7 and 9 presented by the University of Iowa International Writing Program (IWP) will span the globe of literature.

Bullying is broadcast like a spectator sport these days and our kids, the ones we’re trying so hard to protect, are getting more beat up than ever. It's time to stop the bully.

Manchester Orchestra will perform in the Iowa Memorial Union Ballroom on Friday, Nov. 9.

University of Iowa space physicist Don Gurnett is one of a team of scientists who will celebrate the 35th anniversary of the launch of Voyager 1, the most distant manmade object from Earth.

Natalie Bokopoulos will read from “The Green Shore,” her debut novel set during the 1967 military coup in Greece, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, in Prairie Lights Book and a live stream on the University of Iowa Virtual Writing University website.

Four games into the 2012 season, the University of Iowa women's soccer team's opponents have become familiar with seeing two names turn up on the score sheet: Cloe Lacasse and Ashley Catrell.