A portion of Highway 6, between North Riverside Drive and the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, will be reduced to one lane each direction this weekend.

Many educators have long believed that when words differ on only one sound, early readers can learn the rules of phonics by focusing on what is different between the words. Scientists at the University of Iowa are turning that thinking on its head. A recent study shows certain kinds of variation in words may help early readers learn better.

Iowa bested Northwestern in a contest to enroll the most volunteers to participate in research studies. The weeklong competition grew out of the schools’ desire to promote ResearchMatch, a federally funded initiative to create an online registry pairing volunteers with research studies.

Iowa City and University of Iowa Police continue to search for the suspect responsible for two armed robberies reported within minutes of each other near the Gaslight Village, 422 Brown St., late Tuesday night.

Two recent fatalities in Iowa have prompted a University of Iowa College of Public Health program to issue a hazard alert warning farmers and tractor operators about the risk of being run over when starting tractors from a standing position on the ground.

Adults age 45 and older with elevated triglycerides who have had a stroke, heart attack, chest pain, or heart surgery are invited to participate in a University of Iowa research study on preventing these conditions.

The University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums will present the third concert in the 2012–13 Piano Sundays Series at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 4, in the Senate Chamber of Old Capitol Museum, featuring "Iowa Rising Stars" students who have won awards at the 2012 Iowa Teachers Music Association completion.

Students in the University of Iowa College of Education's REACH program will exhibit their ceramic creations Monday through Friday, Nov. 5-11, at the Atrium Gallery in the Studio Arts Building, the former Menards building on Highway 1 in west Iowa City.

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 Dale Fisher from the UI Museum of Art.

On the same day many American adults are voting in the presidential election, more than 300 students will participate in their own discussion of civic rights at the 16th Annual International Day conference hosted by the University of Iowa College of Education.

Carver College of Medicine student marks World Stroke Day by recounting his experience witnessing the dramatic results of timely stroke treatment.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason joined state and congressional leaders in praising the federal government’s decision Wednesday to reaffirm its commitment to provide $83 million for the replacement of Hancher Auditorium, School of Music, and studio arts buildings.