The University of Iowa Center for New Music, housed within the UI School of Music, will present a free performance by the CNM Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

Bernard Cooper, visiting professor in the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, will read from his work at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.

The University of Iowa is launching a new way to promote and recognize outstanding student achievement on campus.

Bio::Neos, a business founded in 2004 by UI engineering students and professors, is celebrating its 10th year in business. The company is a provider of innovative software solutions for all areas of genetics and genomics research.

The UI Public Policy Center has received $17.2 million in grants to conduct a first-of-its-kind survey on vehicle safety, launch a national education campaign, and develop new technologies to help prevent some crashes.

Sue Curry, dean of the UI College of Public Health, cautions against the "rush to medicalize social conditions...let's not blindly accept a cultural norm that the best solutions to conditions of living come from medications."

The University of Iowa has entered RecycleMania 2014, a race to recycle the most and waste the least.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by John McGrosso, first violinist of the Arianna String Quartet, and Réne Lecuona, UI professor of piano, at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

Kevin and Cindy Spencer are renowned magicians who not only present amazing performances, but also share their craft in a variety of therapeutic settings. The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present Spencers—Theatre of Illusion at the Englert Theatre on Sunday, Feb. 16. at 3 p.m.

After each of the eight football victories earned by the University of Iowa this season, head coach Kirk Ferentz was quick to credit a team effort. That extends to Dr. Ned Amendola, a silent contributor who does most of his "coaching" behind the scenes.

An examination of predicted societal advances that never came to pass includes a shorter work week; in fact, the opposite has happened, notes UI professor Ben Hunnicutt, “Americans are working about five weeks a year longer than they did in 1976."

The University of Iowa Public Policy Center has received three grants totaling $17.2 million to fund automotive safety research and the development and implementation of a national education campaign to help drivers understand the safety systems in their vehicles.