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Finding God at lunch

Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Marilynne Robinson, faculty member of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and Pulitzer Prize winning author, will speak at the “Finding God at Iowa” lunch forum Friday, April 13.

Start by believing

Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The Rape Victim Advocacy Program (RVAP) at the University of Iowa hopes to raise public awareness and educate the community on preventing sexual violence during April, nationally recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This year's theme is "Start By Believing."

Did You Know?: Dental specialties

Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Aside from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, how many other U.S. schools offer advanced education in all dental specialties?

Alumni Association lecture examines global financial crises April 3

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
UI professor emeritus Paul Weller will discuss the recent unprecedented U.S. government bailout of banks and financial institutions deemed “too big to fail,” as well as Europe's current economic turmoil and a 1997 crisis concentrated in Asia, at an April 3 lecture.

Riot Grrrl: Finding a voice

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
In conjunction with the Mission Creek Festival of music and literature, the Special Collections department at the University of Iowa Libraries will host “The Zine Dream and the Riot Grrrl Scene” from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, March 30.

Symphony Band performs April 10

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
The University of Iowa Symphony Band will present the world premiere of UI School of Music composition alumnus Aaron Perrine's Beneath a Canvas of Green in a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, in the Iowa Memorial Union Ballroom.

Society girls head West

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Dorothy Wickenden will read from her book about the adventures of her grandmother teaching homesteaders on the western slope of the Rockies at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, in Prairie Lights Books and on a live stream at the University of Iowa website www.writinguniversity.org.

UI Health Sciences Research Week April 2–4

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
One of the Navy's first female fighter pilots who currently studies artificial intelligence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is among the five internationally recognized neuroscientists who will deliver free public lectures during the University of Iowa's Health Sciences Research Week 2012.
UI graduate Tom Wickham stands in front of the U.S. Capitol.

Order in the House

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
As the new Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, University of Iowa graduate Tom Wickham helps keep the legislative process in order.
Gold symbol from The Hunger Games book jacket

Hunger for good literature

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Renita Schmidt, an associate professor in the UI College of Education, shares her insights on The Hunger Games and why the first installment in the science fiction trilogy is such a huge hit with fans.

Learn Cuban drumming, dancing at open house March 29

Monday, March 26, 2012
UI students can learn about the fundamentals of Cuban drumming and dancing at a March 29 open house of the Afro-Cuban Drum and Dance Ensemble.

Love trumps all...or does it?

Monday, March 26, 2012
The Mainstage series of University of Iowa Theatre will perform Charles Mee's Big Love, opening at 8 p.m., Thursday, March 29, in the David Thayer Theatre of the UI Theatre Building.