The University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums continues its free concert series, Piano Sundays, starting Sunday, Feb. 3, in the Senate Chamber of Old Capitol Museum. The landmark event features a restored 1878 Steinway concert grand piano that has been named “Rose.”

One of today's most acclaimed musicians, Miguel Zenón, will present four intimate concerts in the popular Club Hancher format.

UI lecturer David Gould says downtown Las Vegas is the coolest sandbox he could imagine playing in, referring to a new course he is teaching, Reimagining Downtown, with support from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, that will culminate in a hands-on project for UI students in Vegas.

A study by a University of Iowa-led research team has found that teenagers who exhibit problem drinking likely got their first drink from a friend.

A gift commitment in the amount of $1 million will benefit the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital building campaign.

Alec Soth, critically acclaimed Minneapolis-based photographer, will present a free, public lecture titled “From Here to There” as the University of Iowa Museum of Art’s annual Bette Spriestersbach Distinguished Lecture. The lecture will be held in Art Building West, Room 240, on Thursday, Feb. 7, from 7:30-8:30 p.m.

Richard Brettell, one of the foremost authorities on Impressionism and French painting from 1830 to 1930, will present "Identity Before Freud: Gauguin's Self Portraits" for the University of Iowa Museum of Art’s 2013 Curator’s Circle Lecture Series on Friday, Feb. 8, at the University Club.

University of Iowa accounting and law students will again provide free tax return preparation services to qualifying persons this year as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.

David Duys, an associate professor of rehabilitation and counselor education in the UI College of Education, discusses some of the significant changes in middle childhood development on Iowa Public Radio's Talk of Iowa with host Charity Nebbe.

Students in the UI Department of Theatre Arts are working with the Moving Company, a Twin Cities-based theater organization, on developing the latter's tale of modern-day poverty and isolation, set in the fantastical world of fairy tales. The fruits of their labor will be unveiled Feb. 7.

Celebrate the sweetest month of the year at the next University of Iowa Museum of Art First Friday reception from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1 at hotelVetro in downtown Iowa City. For $5, enjoy drink specials, light hors d’oeuvres, art by Cheryl Jacobsen and music by Tom Nothnagle .

UI graduate Brittany McConnell discovered she wanted to pursue a career in environmental science after taking a course at the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory last summer. Scholarships are now available for the first 50 students who apply for the 2013 summer session.