5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music - A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 3: Memes

Professor Matthew Arndt emcees the third presentation in this series of intergalactic music poetics. Drawing together ancient wisdom and modern science, this poetics aims at transmuting one’s experience of everything as music and living joyfully even as we work confidently toward an abundant future.

Featuring selections from Quartet for the End of Time

Katie Wolfe, violin
Jorge Montilla Moreno, clarinet
Carey...

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

Title: "Treat the deficit: Shortcomings and opportunities in dysphagia management"

Speaker: Dr. Corinne Jones, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Dysphagia assessment and treatment has undergone several advancements in the past decade. However, many big-picture questions still face clinicians, resulting in non-specific and inefficient management practices. In this talk, I will dive into three shortcomings with the “treat the deficit” model of dysphagia management: 1) What to do in early-stage Parkinson disease when...

Join the Pomerantz Career Center for a virtual information session on the Hawkeye Experience Grant.

The Hawkeye Experience Grant awards undergraduate students at the University of Iowa who are involved in applied learning experiences outside of the classroom. Students may apply for up to $4,000 to help defray the cost of a Summer 2026 experience, with living costs being prioritized first before any required tuition or fees.

Deadline for applications: First Friday in April (April 3, 2026)...

Join the 2025–2026 Grant Wood Fellows artists for an evening of discussion about their work and research. The event will be accompanied by light refreshments.

Panel members:

Ada Friedman (Painting & Drawing)

Elizabeth Claire Rose (Printmaking)

Kyle Marshall (Interdisciplinary Performance—Dance)

The Grant Wood Art Colony seeks to provide a creative home for the next generation of artists and continue Grant Wood’s creative advocacy in the School of Art & Art History and the Division of Performing Arts...

Title: “Proactive Dysphagia Management in Individuals with Cardiopulmonary and Neurological Diseases”

Speaker: Dr. Cara Donohue, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

My clinical research program focuses on proactive dysphagia management to reduce morbidity and improve quality of life for medically complex older adults. I will present work examining the impact of preoperative respiratory muscle strength training on postoperative pulmonary, cough, and swallow function in cardiothoracic patients. I will also discuss...

"Structure and Dynamics of Ionic Fluids Across Broad Temperature Regimes"

Book Ends supports University of Iowa faculty from disciplines in which publishing a monograph is required for tenure and promotion. The award is designed to assist faculty members in turning promising manuscripts into important, field-changing, published books. Read more about the program.

Interested applicants are invited to learn more about the program and application process at a virtual information session on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 8:30 a.m. Obermann Center Director Luis Martín-Estudillo will...

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

Filiz Korkmaz, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Iowa

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

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