When opportunity knocks, you have to get up and answer the door. When it thumps into your window, however, you might want to reach for your camera. Paul W. Jensen did just that when a hawk landed outside his window.

Carmela Ciuraru will read from her new book, "Nom de Plume," at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, in Prairie Lights Books and on the University of Iowa's website for the Virtual Writing University.

UI graduate student Jacob Oppenheimer asks men to commemorate this Father's Day by standing up and speaking out about respectful and healthy masculinity.

On June 7, Gov. Terry Branstad proclaimed June 11-17 as Iowa Museum Week. This week of awareness will recognize the important roles of museums, historical societies, and collections in all 99 counties of Iowa.

Rural and small-town residents are quickly losing access to legal services as aging attorneys retire and close their small practices. The University of Iowa College of Law is working with the Iowa State Bar Association to start a new program that encourages law students to practice in rural areas.

Mary J.C. Hendrix, a cancer biologist at Northwestern University and past faculty member at the University of Iowa, is the third candidate vying to be the University of Iowa's next vice president for research and economic development.

This summer, the University of Iowa will break ground on the first new residence hall to be built on campus since 1968. In addition to housing for 501 students, it will include a multi-purpose room with a performance space, a sports grill operated by University Dining, and tutoring and group study areas.

Iowa Citian Mary Vermillion, the author of the Mara Gilgannon mystery series, will present a free reading at 7 p.m. Monday, June 18.

The 2012 Iowa Summer Rep season of “Chills and Thrills” will open with a racy, Monty Pythonesque satire of the mystery genre, Joe Orton’s "What the Butler Saw."

University of Iowa professors and students took to the roof of Van Allen Hall Tuesday evening, June 5, to set up five telescopes built exclusively for observing the sun for a public viewing of Venus's transit across the sun. An overcast sky prevented all but a few brief glimpses of the rare astronomical event.

The University of Iowa College of Dentistry presented first-year students their white lab coats during a ceremonial kickoff to dental school.

The University of Iowa's Global Education Summer Institute for Teachers will bring 35 middle, junior, and high school educators from Iowa’s four congressional districts to the UI campus for three days of training, guest speakers, group activities, and workshops, all at no cost to the teachers.