The UIPDA advocates for all Postdocs at the University of Iowa.
For postdocs, by postdocs.

 

Are you a postdoc at the University of Iowa? The Postdoctoral Association is here for you! Join us the second Thursday of every month at 3 pm to find out how we can improve your experience and help you meet your goals. Email divya-rathi@uiowa.edu for information about how to join in person or over Zoom. 

Featured Community

Read about the UI postdoc population and find resources for our 2025-2026 featured population: Postdoc Parents

Get involved with UIPDA

We are looking for postdocs to serve as committee members and college reps.

Grad Postdoc Listserv

This Listserv is used to communicate news and events about the UIPDA.

Upcoming Events

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CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive

Monday, March 30 to Friday, April 17, 2026 (all day)
CLAS Staff Council
CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive
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Laurie Hernandez: "I've Got This"

Monday, March 30, 2026 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Since bringing home the gold and silver medals from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Laurie has won the coveted Mirror ball trophy on Dancing with the Stars Season 23 and published her first New York Times bestselling book titled I Got This: To Gold and Beyond. In 2018, she released a NYT bestseller children’s picture book She’s Got This, and Mattel created a Laurie Hernandez Shero Barbie to honor her and her Latina heritage.

She has served as the KPMG Literacy Champion to promote readership as a path...

Junior Recital: Xavier Vongphakdy, double bass

Monday, March 30, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Junior Recital: Xavier Vongphakdy, double bass

This concert is free and open to the public.

CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive promotional image

CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive

Tuesday, March 31 to Friday, April 17, 2026 (all day)
CLAS Staff Council
CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive

Introduction to ChatGPT Edu: Key Features and Best Practices

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 9:00am to 10:00am
Virtual
An introductory training to ChatGPT Edu
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Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Seminar, Tatjana Jakobs, MD

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 9:30am to 10:30am
Bowen Science Building
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Quizzes: ICON User Group

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual

This session of the ICON User Group will start with an overview of how to use Quizzes and Respondus Lockdown Browser in ICON and then lead into faculty discussing how they use ICON, asking each other questions and giving each other tips. All instructors are welcome to attend ICON User Group sessions.

Register for the event.

The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences research, ICON, teaching...

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Spring Panel Series: AI Across the Disciplines

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
An interdisciplinary panel on artificial intelligence featuring speakers from medicine, business, and philosophy.
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Crafternoon

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Get crafty with us at Crafternoon! Join us for various fun crafts Tuesday, March 31 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Homecoming Room at the IMU.✂🖇

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Operator Theory Seminar - Professor Raúl Curto; Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa promotional image

Operator Theory Seminar - Professor Raúl Curto; Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 1:30pm to 2:20pm
Van Allen Hall
Operator Theory Seminar
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Recent Events

Below are UIPDA events and activities during the 2025 fall semester. 

 

Invited Industry Talk 

Speaker: Justin Topp, Senior Manager, IDT 
Date: December 12, 2025 
Location: Seebohm Conference Room, EMRB 
Sponsor: Graduate College 
 

Book Club First Meetup

Date: December 10, 2025 
Location: The Greenhouse 
Organizer: Rachel Kehrberg 
Attendance: 4 participants

 

UIPDA Holiday Party 

Date: December 3, 2025 
Attendance: 25 participants

 

Zoom Watch Party and Career Talk

Speaker: Chris Rader, CTO, Aethon Therapeutics 
Date: November 3, 2025 
Location: PBDB, Zoom watch party 
Sponsors: CLAS, HCCC, INI, CoE 
Attendance: 18 participants

 

2025 Career Ladder Program 

Dates: September to October 2025 
Format: Multi session career development series 
Average attendance: 9 participants per session 
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