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 every first Friday of every month at 4 pm to find out how we can improve your experience and help you meet your goals. Email merri-grace-jones@uiowa.edu for information about how to join in person or over Zoom. 

UIPDA Committees

Upcoming Events

On Clowns, Magic, Dirt, Decay: Artist Talk with Alex Tatarsky promotional image

On Clowns, Magic, Dirt, Decay: Artist Talk with Alex Tatarsky

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 5:00pm to 6:15pm
Theatre Building

A “hilarious, finely tuned absurdist” (Theatre Jones), Alex Tatarsky makes performances in the uncomfortable in-between zone of comedy, dance-theater, performance art, and deluded rant--sometimes with songs. Tatarsky experienced fleeting fame as Andy Kaufman’s daughter and used to perform as a mound of dirt. They are currently touring their falling apart bildungsroman about wanting to die, Sad Boys in Harpy Land, and their compost clown lecture-performance Dirt Trip. MATERIAL, an improvisational...

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Men's basketball vs. Rutgers

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 7:30pm
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
The Iowa men's basketball team hosts Rutgers.
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ICON Quizzes and Respondus Lockdown Browser

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual

Join us to learn about creating quizzes, tests, and other assessments in ICON that are automatically graded, and how to add the Respondus Lockdown Browser to those assessments that require a higher level of security. 

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The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences research, ICON, teaching and learning data, and advanced classroom and instructional technology. To learn more...

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Pain Interest Group Seminar - Victoria Abraira, PhD

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 9:00am to 10:00am
Medical Education Research Facility

Context is Key: How Spinal Cord Neuromodulation Shapes Our Somatosensory Experiences

Victoria Abraira, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Rutgers University

Spring 2026 IRB Office Hours

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Virtual
IRB Office Hours are for all UI faculty, staff, and Investigators, HawkIRB delegates, and research team members involved with Human Subjects research.
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Featured Community

Read about the UI postdoc population and find resources for our 2024-2025 featured population: Postdoc Parents

Get involved!

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

LinkedIn Group

This group is open to open and former post-docs at the UI who wish to network, provide career advice and aid in career transitions.