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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The University of Iowa Computing Conference (UICC) 2026

Sunday, February 22, 2026 (all day)
University of Iowa Main Library
Welcome students, faculty, and all members of the community to our annual UIowa Computing Conference!

Chamber Music: Caleb J. Estrada-Valentín, flute

Sunday, February 22, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Chamber Music: Caleb J. Estrada-Valentín, flute

Sayyod Mirzomurodov, clarinet
Alec Gabel, oboe
Keegan Hockett, bassoon
Ana Clark, flute

This concert is free and open to the public.

Canceled
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Center for New Music Ensemble Concert III

Sunday, February 22, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Center for New Music Ensemble Concert III

Click here for program.

Part of Free Week 2026, a festival sponsored by Think Iowa City and the Iowa City Downtown District.

More concert details can be viewed here on the Center for New Music website: https://cnm.uiowa.edu/

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.

This concert is free and open to the public. It's also part of New Work City, the spring initiative by Performing Arts At Iowa to...

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Economics: Cormac O'Dea

Monday, February 23, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Cormac O'Dea is an assistant professor of Economics at Yale University.

Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar

Monday, February 23, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
Neuroscience presentations (virtual) hosted by Big Ten Academic Alliance members
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Frontiers in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism Seminar - Kevin Williams, PhD

Monday, February 23, 2026 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building

Kevin Williams, PhD, Associate Professor of in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of the Center for Hypothalamic Research will be giving a talk titled, "Neural Plasticity in Energy Homeostasis and Obesity".

Nuclear & Particle Physics Seminar - Blake Senseman & Joel Choi; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa

Monday, February 23, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Van Allen Hall
Nuclear & Particle Physics Seminar
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CSD Professional Seminar Series

Monday, February 23, 2026 3:45pm to 4:45pm
Virtual

Title: "Beyond the Audiogram: Data-Driven Insights to Precision Audiology"

Speaker: Varsha M. Athreya, Ph.D.

Speech perception in noise (SPIN) varies widely across individuals, even among those with similar pure-tone averages (PTA), highlighting a fundamental limitation of the most used metric in hearing care. While PTA offers a convenient summary of hearing sensitivity, it ignores audiometric configuration and has limited ability to predict real-world communication outcomes, hearing-aid benefit...

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Book Reading by Clare Kinberg

Monday, February 23, 2026 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Prairie Lights Books

Join the University of Iowa (UI) Jewish Studies Network, an International Programs affinity group, for a special event with author Clare Kinberg. Kinberg will read from her novel, By the Waters of Paradise: An American Story of Racism and Rupture in a Jewish Family, and share reflections on uncovering long-hidden truths within her family’s history.

Clare Kinberg is a white Jewish woman whose wife and daughters are descendants of the African diaspora. When she discovered her estranged Aunt Rose’s...

Recital: Omar H Elmusa, Trombone

Monday, February 23, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA Qualifying Recital: Omar H Elmusa, Trombone

Click here for program.

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

This concert is free and open to the public.

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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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