The UI Obermann Center for Advanced studies is accepting applications for Fall 2026 Obermann International Fellowships. This program offers dedicated space, time, and funding for interdisciplinary scholars to collaborate on innovative research at the University of Iowa. Up to eight international fellowships will be granted every academic year. Applicants must be active researchers at an accredited institution of higher learning outside of the United States or independent researchers/artists with...

X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Investigations of Metal-Borohydride Bonding

Please join us for a job talk by Dr. Matthew Helm on Harvey Fierstein’s play Torch Song Trilogy (1982) and what it tells us about a disavowed queer history embedded within the medium of television. This presentation is an excerpt from a work-in-progress book, Transmediations: Media Materialism in the Archives of Queer Literature.

Title: Never pure and rarely linear: Unraveling the patterns and dynamics of inherited retinal degenerations with mathematical models

Abstract: "Blindness is seldom a binary condition. This is true even of forms of vision loss that arise through genetic mutations. Rather, blindness varies by pattern and by degree. For example, mutations in some genes typically cause loss in peripheral vision, while other genes typically cause loss of central vision. Stargardt disease, caused by mutations in the...

Join co-curators Sarah Suhadolnik and Katie Buehner for a special guided tour of the current University of Iowa Libraries Main Library Gallery exhibition, Orchestrating Community: The Public Service of Iowa Conductor James Dixon. Admission is free, and all are welcome.

This event is part of Free Week 2026, a festival sponsored by Think Iowa City and the Iowa City Downtown District.

About the exhibit:

An Iowa native and a Hawkeye, conductor James Dixon (1928–2007) was instrumental in building...

Each semester, we are proud to host outstanding seminar speakers. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

What happens when environmental lawyers and geoscientists team up to tackle contaminated sites? Join Iowa Law alum Michael Dunning (Partner at Perkins Coie) and David Cook (Principal Geologist at the State of Washington Water Research Center) for a candid conversation on real-world collaboration at the intersection of law, science, and redevelopment - from hazardous waste cleanup to major urban projects. This joint HELI-SEES session will explore why interdisciplinary fluency isn’t just useful in...

"Controlling Cr-Cr Bonding and Electronic Structure with Chelating Amido Ligands"

Chamber Music Concert of Works by Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor Lowell Liebermann

This concert is free and open to the public, and is part of Free Week 2026, a festival sponsored by Think Iowa City and the Iowa City Downtown District.

Air for flute and organ Op.106 (2008) c.10’00”

Nicole Esposito, flute

Greg Hand, organ

Sonata for Contrabass and Piano Op.24 (1987) c.25'00"

Volkan Orhon, contrabass

Doreen Lee, piano

-Intermission-

Three Lullabies for Two Pianos, op. 76 (2001) c. 16’00...

Title: Proofs and Programs

Abstract:

The Curry-Howard correspondence is one of (if not the) most significant foundational result in the study of programming languages and logics.

At its most fundamental, the Curry-Howard correspondence describes a deep connection between (predicative intuitionistic) logic with (simply-typed functional) programming: logical propositions are types, proofs of those propositions are functions inhabiting those types, and simplification of those proofs is evaluation of...

City High School’s Roots & Shoots Chapter is teaming up with the ICPL Friends Foundation to present From Plastic to Plants: The Future of Fashion with Luke Haverhals. In honor of Dr. Jane Goodall, whose vision continues to inspire action for a more sustainable and compassionate planet, this event offers hope for the future of fashion and the Earth. Luke Haverhals, the founder of Natural Fiber Welding, will share how his work is replacing plastics with plant-based, biodegradable alternatives...

V. V. Ganeshananthan (she/her) is the author of the novels Brotherless Night (winner of the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction and the 2024 Carol Shields Prize, a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and an NPR Book of the Year) and Love Marriage (longlisted for the Women's Prize and named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post). Her work has appeared in Granta, The New York Times, and The Best American Nonrequired Reading, among other publications.

A former vice president of the South...

Dr. Karida Brown is an NAACP Image Award-winning author, sociologist, and public intellectual. A professor at Emory University, Dr. Brown is a leading scholar of systemic racism and the study of Black life. Her work, which spans over a decade of groundbreaking research and analysis, has earned her both national and international acclaim. She is the author of six books, most recently The Battle for the Black Mind by Legacy Lit.

Hosted by the Race Workshop Obermann Working Group; co-sponsored by...