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Book Ends Information Session (virtual)

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 8:30am to 9:00am
Virtual

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...

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College of Pharmacy PSET Seminar Series: Filiz Korkmaz, PhD

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 11:30am
College of Pharmacy Building

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.

Operator Theory Seminar - Professor Ionut Chifan; Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa promotional image

Operator Theory Seminar - Professor Ionut Chifan; Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 1:30pm
Van Allen Hall
Operator Theory Seminar
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Mathematical Physics Seminar - Professor Wayne Polyzou; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 2:30pm to 3:20pm
Van Allen Hall
Mathematical Physics Seminar

Seminar Series: Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Bowen Science Building

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

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Divine Dialogues: Exploring Religious Themes in Frankenstein (2025)

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 5:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Join Ph.D. Candidate Tucker Gregor for a fascinating discussion of science and religion as seen in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein (2025).
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Grant Wood Country Forum: "Grant Wood On the Radar in the '60s and 70s"

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Virtual

"Grant Wood On the Radar in the ‘60s and 70s" by Elaine Mattingly

Mattingly will discuss her research into Grant Wood's resurgence during the 1960s and '70s, including the first Grant Wood Art Festival and a teaser for Stranded in Stone City, a new musical of which Mattingly is writer/producer/editor.

Elaine Mattingly’s connection to all things Grant Wood goes back six generations in the Anamosa, Stone City, Viola and Cedar Rapids areas of Iowa. She presses into service her experience as a...

Study Abroad Faculty-led Program Information Session: (Re)tracing Anne Frank: Living, Fleeing, Hiding & Writing promotional image

Study Abroad Faculty-led Program Information Session: (Re)tracing Anne Frank: Living, Fleeing, Hiding & Writing

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Phillips Hall
Learn more about this faculty-led study abroad program designed to familiarize yourself with Anne Frank’s life and legacy by following in her footsteps in Amsterdam, the city in which she hid, when life in Germany became too dangerous.

PDE Seminar - Ian Ramsey; University of Iowa Department of Mathematics

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall

Title: A Learning-Based Approach to PDE Inverse Problems and Nonlinear Filtering in Neuroscience

Astrophysics & Space Physics Seminar - George Hospodarsky, PhD; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa promotional image

Astrophysics & Space Physics Seminar - George Hospodarsky, PhD; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Van Allen Hall
Astrophysics & Space Physics Seminar
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Study Abroad Faculty-led Program Information Session: Irish Writing Program

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 4:20pm to 5:30pm
English-Philosophy Building
Learn more about this faculty-led program designed for UI students to study under the direct mentorship of an award-winning creative writing faculty member in Dublin, Ireland.
Condensed Matter Seminar - Sagar Chowdhury, PhD; Department of Physics & Astronomy; University of Iowa promotional image

Condensed Matter Seminar - Sagar Chowdhury, PhD; Department of Physics & Astronomy; University of Iowa

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 4:30pm to 5:20pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Condensed Matter Seminar
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Study Abroad Faculty-led Program Information Session: Irish Writing Program

Thursday, February 5, 2026 1:30pm to 2:20pm
Virtual
Learn more about this faculty-led program designed for UI students to study under the direct mentorship of an award-winning creative writing faculty member in Dublin, Ireland.

SEES:7000 Colloquium - Candidate Interview

Thursday, February 5, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Visual Arts Building
SEES:7000
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Faith on the Plate

Thursday, February 5, 2026 6:00pm
Phillips Hall
Explore the intersection of religion and cuisine, guided by Christina Ward's book "Holy Food"
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Gallery Talk | Abstract Patterns

Friday, February 6, 2026 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Join us for a Gallery Talk that offers an engaging, hands-on exploration of artworks that use repetition to spark emotion, movement, and meaning.

Visitors will start with a tour of the works on view in the Visual Lab led by Isabel Cazares, followed by close-looking exercises that will deepen their understanding of the works on display.

After the tour, enjoy a creative session inspired by the patterns using colored pencils and paper. Participants will experiment with pattern making to translate...

Representation Theory Seminar - Luis Gomez Gonzalez

Friday, February 6, 2026 1:30pm to 2:30pm
MacLean Hall

Title: Automorphic representations and L-functions for GL(1) over Q

Publishing Talk with n+1 Editors Lisa Borst and Mark Krotov promotional image

Publishing Talk with n+1 Editors Lisa Borst and Mark Krotov

Friday, February 6, 2026 3:00pm
English-Philosophy Building
n+1 Editors Lisa Borst and Mark Krotov are on campus for a publishing talk

A Data-Driven Framework for Flood Mitigation Using Transformers and Reinforcement Learning

Friday, February 6, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall

Speaker: Shaoping Xiao, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Art & Write Night

Friday, February 6, 2026 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.

Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.

Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session and...

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