The annual Hawkeye Caucus Day at the State Capitol in Des Moines highlights University of Iowa people and programs making an impact across the state.

The deadline for nominations for this year’s University of Iowa Children’s Hospital Kid Captains has been extended to April 14.

Daniel McGehee, director of the Human Factors and Vehicle Safety Research Program at the University of Iowa, says adults are more open than teens about texting-while-driving because they don't fear reprisals and figure they don't have anything to lose.

A group of UI students spent spring break in Las Vegas working on a class project with UI Associate Director David Gould to re-imagine the downtown area. Many of the students say they overcame their initial fears and stereotypes of the city and could envision living there.

Uptown Bill's and Wild Bill's coffee shops are planning a week of special events to mark the 100th birthday of Bill Sackter. Music, films, an art show, and more are scheduled during the week of April 8-13.

On Sept. 11, 2001, Alec Brobston told his mom he intended to join the U.S. Army. He went on to fulfill his pledge, beginning a journey that’s taken him to South Korea, Iraq, and the University of Iowa, where he aims to build community among veterans.

The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present "Kindur: The Adventurous Life of Icelandic Sheep" by Compagnia TPO on Tuesday, April 9 at 7 p.m. at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts. Compagnia TPO is a company on the frontier of interactive performances.

The University of Iowa, in collaboration with the University of Northern Iowa (UNI), Iowa State University (ISU), and Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC), is presenting a webinar series about Careers in Aging, which will take place throughout April.

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History will offer a free guided tour of its Hageboeck Hall of Birds from 7-8 p.m. Thursday, April 4. Jeff Klahn, retired UI professor of biology, will serve as tour guide.

Collaboration is critical in today’s business world—and an upcoming networking event from the University of Iowa Alumni Association offers the chance to make some important connections with fellow Hawkeyes.

Atlanta Federal Reserve President Dennis Lockhart and world-renowned economist Allan Meltzer will discuss the Federal Reserve’s recent monetary policy in the wake of the financial crisis of 2007-2008 and competing ideas about how to handle America’s national debt in a conference at the University of Iowa on April 13.

The University of Iowa and Mission Creek Festival will host a lecture by Tim Quirk from Google Play at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 1 in the second floor Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol. The lecture, titled "The Quiet Revolution: From the Walkman to the iPod, How Portability and Infinite Storage Have Changed the Way We Listen, and What We Listen To," is free and open to the public.