Learning to drive can be stressful for both parents and young drivers. A new program developed by the University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center teaches parents tools and techniques to communicate more effectively with their teens about safe driving.

Writers’ Workshop alumna and former UI instructor Joy Williams will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House.

Researchers at the University of Iowa and Yale University have identified 39 genes they believe are associated with alcoholism. The genes were identified using a novel approach combining genetic studies on addiction with another study on protein-protein interactions. Results appear in the American Journal of Human Genetics.

Watch the University of Iowa’s new “For Iowa. Forever More.” campaign video, which brings to life the university's fund-raising priorities: educating UI students and enriching commerce, culture, and communities.

Mary Szybist, alumna of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, received the 2013 National Book Award for poetry for her most recent collection, "Incarnadine." Szybist accepted the award during a ceremony Nov. 20 in Manhattan, N.Y.

The University of Iowa takes the number six slot among the best colleges for veterans, according to the latest rankings published by "U.S. News and World Report."

University of Iowa officials are enhancing security and reminding campus technology users how to avoid being duped after a number of employees became victims of a recent “phishing” scam.

A study led by Massachusetts General Hospital investigators in collaboration with researchers at the University of Iowa reveals how variant forms of apolipoprotein E (APOE protein) impact risk of Alzheimer's disease by altering the number and density of brain-damaging plaques.

Graduate directors in the University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will present their debut directing work over the course of two weekends, Dec. 5-7 and 12-14, in Theatre B of the UI Theatre Building. Admission is $5 (free for UI students with valid UI ID).

University of Iowa law professor Maya Steinitz has been named a Member of the Court of the Jerusalem Arbitration Center, a new legal forum for Israelis and Palestinians to settle commercial disputes.

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 26 and 27, so workers can repair a sanitary sewer line. The museum, located in Macbride Hall in the UI’s Pentacrest, will resume normal hours Friday, Nov. 29, following the Thanksgiving holiday.

The performing arts component of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Project Art will present a performance by the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band at noon Friday, Dec. 13, in the atrium of the John Colloton Pavilion at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The performance is free and open to the public.