Please join us for the Astronomy Public Talk series, where we host short, accessible talks on a wide range of astronomy and physics-related topics—free and open to the public! This event will feature a presentation by UI Physics and Astronomy graduate student John Momberg, who will explore how astronomers have historically used variable stars—particularly Cepheids—to measure cosmic distances and ultimately determine the size and scale of the universe.

A public observing session at the Van Allen...

Please join the University of Iowa Physics & Astronomy Department as we use the Van Allen Observatory and small telescopes to tour the spring sky. To attend this Astronomy observation session, follow the signs in Van Allen Hall to the east elevator to reach the roof.

Learn the art of Yorùbá batik in this 2-day workshop led by multidisciplinary artist Peju Layiwola. Participants will create their own templates and stamped T-shirts.

Participants must be at least 15 years old and register in advance for the workshop.

Registration deadline is March 20, 2026. T-shirts will be ordered in advance for all participants: https://uiowa.doubleknot.com/event/wax-resist-dye-workshop/3138629

Please note that workshop will not be held at the museum, it will take place at the L...

Learn the art of Yorùbá batik in this 2-day workshop led by multidisciplinary artist Peju Layiwola. Participants will create their own templates and stamped T-shirts.

Participants must be at least 15 years old and register in advance for the workshop.

Registration deadline is March 20, 2026. T-shirts will be ordered in advance for all participants: https://uiowa.doubleknot.com/event/wax-resist-dye-workshop/3138629

Please note that workshop will not be held at the museum, it will take place at the L...

Excess Electrons in Ionic Liquids

"Excess Electrons in Ionic Liquids"

Dr. Treat (Professor) is the PI of the Clinical-Cognitive Science Lab here at the University of Iowa. Her lab leverages the theoretical, measurement, and computational models of contemporary cognitive science to investigate the role of cognitive processing in the development, maintenance, and modification of numerous clinical problems.

Benjamin Hale will read from his new book, Cave Mountain: A Disappearance and a Reckoning in the Ozarks, and will be joined in conversation with University of Iowa Associate Professor, Bennett Sims. Praised by Patton Oswalt as "The damndest mixing of true crime, memoir, and maybe (?) ghost story I’ve ever read," Cave Mountain tells the true story of how Hale's cousin, Haley, disappeared in a mountain trail in the Ozarks when she was only 6 years old in 2001. After Haley was found, she spoke of...

The Stanley presents a double feature screening in collaboration with FilmScene. Head over to The Chauncey to watch back-to-back screenings of A Dessert for Constance and Towards Tenderness, both films touch on the subject of masculinity and the lives of African immigrants in France.

Reserve your tickets here. Evening screening is Pay What You Can.

This programming is related the exhibition, Flex: Masculinities in the Arts of Global Africa, on view at the Stanley from February 28, 2026 - July 26...

Special Preliminary Event for the Obermann Symposium "Cultivating Rurality: Building Community around Rural Research."

This lecture, co-sponsored by the UI Carver College of Medicine, is designed for a non-clinical audience and will be open to the public. Katy B. Kozhimannil is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Co-Director of the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center and the University of Minnesota Rural Health Program.

The lecture will take place in Pediatric...

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics (PSET) in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by: 

Bindu Gottam, MS, MBA, RAC
Director of Preformulation and Formulation Development
University of Iowa Pharmaceuticals

All are welcome to attend. No pre-registration required.

Only open to faculty, graduate students, and staff in English.

Come discuss core curriculum and learning outcomes for our courses.

Join the Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative, Vanderbilt Law School’s Private Climate Governance Lab, and the Tippie Social Impact Community for The Private Sector and the Planet speaker series.

We are excited to welcome Zoe Beck, VP of Sustainability at HCA Healthcare, for the third installment of the Private Sector and the Planet speaker series on Tuesday March 24 at 12:10CT. Her talk is called "Leading Sustainability in Practice: Corporate Responses to Climate Risk."

As healthcare systems...

This talk examines mourning and worldmaking through community action and art in the wake of violence, dispossession, and collective loss. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with communities in southern Colombia and rural Maine, Tate considers the intersections, possibilities and limitations of rights activism and art through an exploration of the visual repertoires and material practices of Colombian sculptor Doris Salcedo and Passamaquoddy artist Jeremy Frey. This program is free and open to all...