The new issue of Earthwords, the University of Iowa undergraduate literary review, will be introduced in a free reading at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 14, in Prairie Lights Books. The reading will also be streamed live at www.writinguniversity.org.

University of Iowa Writers' Workshop alumnus and former faculty member Allan Gurganus, best known for his bestselling novel Oldest Confederate War Widow Tells All, will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 15, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Dey House.

The University of Iowa School of Music will honor emerita faculty member Betty Bang Mather with Baroque for Betty: A Flute Extravaganza at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 14, in the Riverside Recital Hall. The event is free and open the public.

American Indian music, competitive dance, art, and food took center stage Saturday-Sunday, April 7-8, at the 19th annual UI Powwow.

The University of Iowa Department of Dance will present Mind the Gap, a production featuring the thesis works of four graduate students, at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, April 12-14, in the Space Place Theatre of North Hall.

Violinist Diana Seitz, a guest of the University of Iowa School of Music, will present a free recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

Carol Anshaw will read from her new novel, "Carry the One", at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, in Prairie Lights Books and on a live stream at the University of Iowa Writing University website, www.writinguniversity.org.

Gary Shteyngart, a guest of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Dey House.

University of Iowa researchers have been awarded a $1.3 million grant as part of the Iowa Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, part of a larger five-year, $20 million grant awarded to build Iowa’s research capacity in renewable energy and energy efficiency at Iowa’s three public universities.

A new study by a University of Iowa researcher suggests that investors put more faith in venture capitalists and other private financial firms than they do in corporations when it comes to evaluating mergers and acquisitions.

Earn your American Red Cross Universal Certificate before summer arrives with a course through UI Recreational Services.

The Adult Swim Carnival Tour is bringing live music, wacky games, and an assortment of prizes from the cable network to Hubbard Park on Monday, April 9.