Congress is showing a frustrating inability to figure out how to deal with federal spending cuts, but their behavior may not be so incomprehensible if you look at them as a bunch of people with bad teeth who need dental work.

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

The Get to Know series asks University of Iowa faculty and staff a few questions about their work and their outside interests. Today we visit with Mary Cohen, who administers the music education program.

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.

The Department of Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences emphasizes scholarly research and social engagement.

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.

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 .

The University of Iowa is one of four institutions involved in a new clinical trial to evaluate a candidate H3N2v influenza vaccine in healthy adults and elderly individuals.