Short-story writer Deborah Eisenberg, a former visiting faculty member in the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will return as a guest of the workshop to present a free reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Dey House.

University of Iowa epidemiologist Jennifer Robinson describes her new lipid study investigating risk prediction of cardiovascular disease.

Family Services, a division of University of Iowa Human Resources, will host a parent/provider meet-and-greet session from 4 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 25, in the East Room (on the eighth floor, near elevator F) of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

Hand hygiene among health care workers is critically important for preventing the spread of infections, but hectic worker schedules make manually tracking hygiene compliance difficult. A team of University of Iowa researchers has developed a remote tracking system to better monitor hand-washing habits.

The University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra, directed by William LaRue Jones, will be joined by School of Music faculty pianist Ksenia Nosikova when it opens its 2012-13 free-concert season with an all-Russian program Sept. 24.

Just because you’re really smart doesn’t mean you are supremely self-confident. That’s according to University of Iowa College of Education researchers who report that gifted children with attention deficit hyperactivity-disorder have lower self-esteem than their intellectual peers.

University of Iowa assistant provost Beth Ingram explains the UI's new multidisciplinary major in environmental planning and policy.

David D. Perlmutter, director of the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication, offers advice for conference interviews.

Retired Iowa Supreme Court Justice Linda K. Neuman, who teaches in the University of Iowa College of Law, is the winner of the first Equity for Women Award.

University of Iowa English faculty member Kevin Kopelson will read from his new book, Confessions of a Plagiarist: And Other Tales from School, at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, in a free event at Prairie Lights Books and on a Virtual Writing University live stream.

To help the 1,100 new first-generation college students on the University of Iowa campus, the UI seeks to identify first-generation faculty and staff to serve as role models and mentors to ensure these students succeed.

University of Iowa epidemiologist Audrey Saftlas talks about her study showing that women seeking abortions report more abuse.