The University of Iowa School of Music will present a Jazz Combo recital at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall. The recital is free and open to the public.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present recitals by students in the String/Piano Chamber Music Program at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9, and Wednesday, Dec. 11, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall. The recitals are free and open to the public.

A University of Iowa researcher has discovered that a “Goldilocks” effect applies to the reproductive output of a tiny New Zealand snail—considered a troublesome species in many countries—that may one day help environmentalists control their spread.

Next time your baby mashes his bananas, apple sauce, AND carrots all together—not to mention all over his hands, hair, and the high chair—don’t fret about the mess: Your little one just may be getting smarter in the process.

All works choreographed by graduate and undergraduate students in the University of Iowa Department of Dance will come to life on stage at the Graduate/Undergraduate Concert at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 12-14, in Space Place Theater, located at 101 North Hall on the UI campus.

Elementary-school teachers, administrators, and interested community members are invited to a free, informal discussion about how students learn. The discussion is part of an ongoing initiative by UI psychology department researchers to develop improved learning interventions for struggling students.

UI Staff Council’s service recognition program acknowledges all professional and scientific and merit staff who have reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 years of continuous service. Longevity Award winners receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the Office of the President.

Parents, let your children get messy in the high chair. They learn better that way. That's according to a new study from the University of Iowa, which concludes that a 16-month-old's setting and degree of interaction enhances his or her ability to identify nonsolid objects and name them.

The University of Iowa Center for New Music, housed within the UI School of Music, will present the Center for New Music Ensemble featuring guest composer Anthony Cheung from the University of Chicago at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

Kyle McWilliams lives a life like most other first-year students at the University of Iowa, filled with classes, sports, and friends, despite the fact he has Fibrodysplasiaossificans progressiva, a rare disease that turns his muscles and tendons into bone.

The University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program—coordinated by violist Elizabeth Oakes, lecturer in the UI School of Music—will present the Bartók Cycle by the Chiara String Quartet at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6 and 7, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the All-University String Orchestra and the UI Chamber Orchestra at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.