The University of Iowa Center for New Music (CNM) will present a free concert at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 30, in the Riverside Recital Hall, featuring the CNM Ensemble with guest composer Stephen David Beck and guest conductor Bert Van Herck.

Only 20 percent of smokers develop COPD, and new University of Iowa research has revealed a genetic explanation.

A new University of Iowa research project will study how new technologies affect elderly drivers.

University of Iowa political scientist Timothy Hagle is interviewed about election prospects in the new southeast Iowa district.

The University of Iowa on Friday will showcase the founding of a high-throughput screening facility, capable of performing rapid-fire experiments involving large amounts of data and the first of its kind for academic use in the state. The instrument, funded by the federal National Institutes of Health, is expected to spawn research collaboration campus wide.

September is Pain Awareness Month and University of Iowa Health Care is offering a free, public seminar on pain management from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, in the Melrose Conference Room at UI Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

The University of Iowa School of Music's 2012-13 Distinguished Clarinet Lecture/Recital Series on Brazilian Music will begin with a free event by faculty clarinetist Maurita Murphy Mead, assisted by guitar student ZeEmilio Gobbo, at 3:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 30, in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol.

Astrophysicist Craig Kletzing describes the "chorus" from outer space recorded by NASA probe.

The latest publications and presentations from the College of Public Health.

The University of Iowa Department of Public Safety will test the Hawk Alert emergency notification system at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 20. The test is required by law.

A research team at the University of Iowa has engineered a better design for hip implants for obese patients. The team learned that thigh size is a reason why hip implants fail, and why it contributes to an increased rate of failure for the morbidly obese. Results are published in the journal Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.

As president of the University of Iowa Veterans Association for 2012-13, Greg Touzani wants to build a strong sense of community for all veterans on campus.