Public health approaches do not routinely include a geographical perspective. Kirsten Beyer, a health geographer, will offer a free, public talk on the intersection of geography and public health at a free talk at 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 30, on the University of Iowa campus.

The State Health Registry of Iowa, based in the UI College of Public Health, issued its Cancer in Iowa 2012 report, which includes county-by-county statistics, summaries of new research projects, and a section focused on lung cancer, one of the state's "big four" cancers.

Hawkeye Caucus Day had the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines abuzz on Tuesday, March 27.

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.

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."

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As the new Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, University of Iowa graduate Tom Wickham helps keep the legislative process in order.