A February milestone. An injection of suspense in June. And a moment of praise (and a chance to exhale) in October. This sequence provides a snapshot of the progress made in 2012 with regard to the replacement of flood-damaged arts facilities at the University of Iowa.

A glance at the arts, culture, entertainment, and sport found within the University of Iowa community.

The Chamber Winds ensemble in the University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

The University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra and Choruses will present Brahms’ Schicksalslied, op. 54 (Song of Fate) and Carmina Burana (Songs of Beuren) by Carl Orff at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union.

The University and Concert Bands of the University of Iowa School of Music will present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, in the Second Floor Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union.

Mystery writer and Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus Max Allan Collins will read from his new novel, "Target Lancer," at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, 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.

A study published in the prestigious Journal of Climate, the official publication of the American Meteorological Society, finds that tropical storms that make their way into the North Atlantic, and possibly strike the East Coast of the United States, likely will become more intense during the rest of this century.

More than 30 teachers from seven targeted communities across the state that experienced flooding will come to the UI campus to participate in the first ever College of Education's Interdisciplinary Flood Institute Nov. 29-Dec. 2 as part of the Living with Floods project.

The University of Iowa Council on the Status of Women is sending an online sexual misconduct survey to all UI undergraduate students today, Tuesday, Nov. 27.

The University of Iowa Department of Dance will present a collaborative performance by students from various arts disciplines at 8 p.m. Thursday–Saturday, Nov. 29–Dec. 1, in Space Place Theater of North Hall.

The University of Iowa Chamber Orchestra and the All-University String Orchestra, with graduate-student conductors Chun-Ming Chen, Hyeyoun Jang, Benjamin Nadel, and David Tedford, will present a free concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

The University of Iowa’s proud history of space exploration continues to the present day, with the UI having been a part of 65 space exploration missions, including the current Van Allen Probes mission.