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.

A decision by a United States District Court on Thursday invalidating a Texas law requiring voters have photo identification is unlikely to have much impact in Iowa, according to a University of Iowa College of Law legal scholar.

The University of Iowa International Writing Program (IWP), in collaboration with other units in the Writing University, will begin its series of free Prairie Lights readings with IWP residents Taleb Al Refai from Kuwait and T.J. Dema from Botswana, joined by Nonfiction Writing Program student Ariel Lewiton at 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 2.

Iowa was a key destination on U.S. Marine Cpl. Michael Meyer's road to recovery from severe respiratory failure that nearly took his life. How he ultimately came to the UI is a story of personal strength, family devotion, and the collaboration between UI Heart and Vascular Center specialists and medical personnel from the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force.

Poet, critic, and novelist Ben Lerner, a guest of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Dey House.

The award-winning Studies in Theatre History and Culture series of the University of Iowa Press will publish Rebecca Rovit's study of a Jewish theatre company in Nazi Germany.

The University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums will host the Macbride Raptor Project’s “Iowa Birds of Prey” traveling program in the Biosphere Discovery Hub of the Museum of Natural History on Saturday, Sept. 1, at 2 p.m. The free public program features a live hawk and owl.

The School of Social Work in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will host two workshops for social workers, mental health counselors, and substance abuse professionals, as well as a Homecoming event for alumni.

The Tye and Cathy Darland Scholarship will cover full UI tuition for up to four years, helping students like Emily Miller.

The University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics welcome new patients for treatment in the dental student clinics, which provide comprehensive, affordable care under close supervision by faculty dentists and specialists.

The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases when it meets at the University of Iowa College of Law as part of the law school’s annual Supreme Court Day events Sept. 7.

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History’s Directors’ Lecture Series begins with Cornell University's Will B. Provine, who will speak Thursday, Aug. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Old Capitol Museum Senate Chamber.