About 150 Iowa students attended the 2014 Iowa Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium hosted Thursday and today by the UI College of Education’s Belin-Blank Center; 15 of the students presented original research, and nine UI colleges, departments, or facilities gave lab tours.

A University of Iowa Alumni Association event in Dubuque on Tuesday, March 11 features a 3D anatomy program in a discussion about the human pelvis.

Groundwater and public health experts will discuss will a range of topics related to groundwater contaminants and their potential health effects at the Iowa Groundwater and Public Health Symposium on March 11 in Des Moines.

Laura Corley Lavine, associate professor of entomology at Washington State University, will present a lecture on the evolution of sexually selected traits in beetles at 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 7, in 70 Van Allen Hall on the UI campus.

The public is invited to a free lecture by prominent media activist Robert McChesney as he discusses the role media play in democratic societies on Monday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m. in W128 Chemistry Building on the University of Iowa campus.

The University of Iowa will sponsor "Lessons in Drag" on Sunday, March 2, a performance that raises issues of gender and explores South Asian popular culture. The performance will be followed by a next-day panel discussion on March 3, exploring India's penal code that has widely been understood to criminalize homosexuality.

The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will produce "Absurd Person Singular," a ferociously funny play by the master of British comedy, Alan Ayckbourn, as its next Mainstage production. The production will open March 6 in the David Thayer Theatre of the UI Theatre Building, 200 N. Riverside Drive.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a guest artist recital by Dylan Thomas Chmura-Moore, assistant professor of music at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 3, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall. The recital is free and open to the public.

"Designing the Future for Publicly Engaged Research and Teaching in the Humanities" will be the focus of a panel discussion Monday, March 10, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Room 304 of the English Philosophy Building.

As ash trees are dying due to infestation with emerald ash borer, the UI is burning the trees in the boilers that generate the steam that heats and cools campus buildings, which will help the university reach its goal of generating 40 percent of its energy through renewable sources by 2020.

UI vice president for research and economic development Dan Reed says a new $320 million, Pentagon-funded digital manufacturing consortium—which includes all three state universities—will forge new ties between industry and campus researchers.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the UI Chamber Orchestra at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 2, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.