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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.

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

Upcoming Events

Cultivating Rurality: Building Community around Rural Research — 2025–26 Obermann Symposium promotional image

Cultivating Rurality: Building Community around Rural Research — 2025–26 Obermann Symposium

Thursday, March 26 to Friday, March 27, 2026 (all day)
Iowa City Public Library

Directed by Brian R. Farrell, Daria Fisher Page, and Ryan T. Sakoda (UI College of Law), "Cultivating Rurality: Building Community around Rural Research" will bring together scholars, community leaders from across the U.S., and professionals who work with rural populations and in rural spaces. During the symposium, attendees will be invited to collaborate in theorizing rurality, share how it impacts their work, examine how rurality is represented and celebrated, and begin to discuss challenges...

"Her Booke - Experiences in 17th Century Bookbinding" Louisa Eastley MFA Thesis Exhibition

Thursday, March 26 to Friday, March 27, 2026 (all day)
North Hall
Louisa Eastley’s MFA thesis exhibition at the University of Iowa Center for the Book’s K.K. Merker Gallery in North Hall
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Pride Week

Thursday, March 26 to Friday, March 27, 2026 (all day)
Pride Alliance Center
Pride Week
Jewelry Bar promotional image

Jewelry Bar

Thursday, March 26, 2026 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Join us and make some new jewelry at CAB's Jewelry Bar happening March 26 from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Herky Room at the IMU!💍

Registration of a student organization does not imply University of Iowa endorsement of its views, activities, or content. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in a student organization activity, please fill out the accommodations form in the link in our instagram bio (@uiowacab) in advance.

"Reimagining the Rural from Idyll to Hinterland: Exhausting Rural Childhoods” — keynote lecture by Esther Pereen, University of Amsterdam promotional image

"Reimagining the Rural from Idyll to Hinterland: Exhausting Rural Childhoods” — keynote lecture by Esther Pereen, University of Amsterdam

Thursday, March 26, 2026 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art

This is a keynote lecture for the 2025-2026 Obermann Symposium: "Cultivating Rurality: Building Community around Rural Research."

Esther Pereen, University of Amsterdam: "Reimagining the Rural from Idyll to Hinterland: Exhausting Rural Childhoods”

Across the social and cultural realms, the rural is often imagined through idyllic and pastoral genres that allow it to be conceived as a refuge from globalization. Pereen's European Research Council–funded project RURAL IMAGINATIONS, concentrating on...

Erik Larson in conversation with Inara Verzemnieks - The Demon of Unrest promotional image

Erik Larson in conversation with Inara Verzemnieks - The Demon of Unrest

Thursday, March 26, 2026 7:00pm
The Englert

Prairie Lights and the Englert Theatre present Erik Larson, who will talk about his nonfiction thriller, The Demon of Unrest, in conversation with Nonfiction Writing Program Associate Professor Inara Verzemnieks.

This is a ticketed event. Please visit the Englert Theatre for box office information.

Guest Artist: Carlos Betancur, piano

Thursday, March 26, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Guest Artist: Carlos Betancur, piano

Click here for program.

This concert is free and open to the public.

Dance Thesis Concert: Tori Lefler promotional image

Dance Thesis Concert: Tori Lefler

Thursday, March 26, 2026 7:30pm
Public Space One

Free and open to the public. RSVP encouraged!

This site-specific performance at Public Space One will feature work choreographed by graduate student Victoria Lefler from the University of Iowa Department of Dance.

RSVP here: https://www.publicspaceone.com/events/blog/2026/3/26/placeholder-victoria-dance-thesis-event

It's all part of #NewWorkCity, the spring initiative by #PerformingArtsAtIowa to highlight new work created by our talented graduate students in the performing arts. Join us as we...

MA Recital: Evan Tanner, Percussion

Thursday, March 26, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

MA Recital: Evan Tanner, Percussion

Click here for program.

Event can be viewed via livestream here: https://events.uiowa.edu/event/35534

This concert is free and open to the public.

Cultivating Rurality: Building Community around Rural Research — 2025–26 Obermann Symposium promotional image

Cultivating Rurality: Building Community around Rural Research — 2025–26 Obermann Symposium

Friday, March 27, 2026 (all day)
Iowa City Public Library

Directed by Brian R. Farrell, Daria Fisher Page, and Ryan T. Sakoda (UI College of Law), "Cultivating Rurality: Building Community around Rural Research" will bring together scholars, community leaders from across the U.S., and professionals who work with rural populations and in rural spaces. During the symposium, attendees will be invited to collaborate in theorizing rurality, share how it impacts their work, examine how rurality is represented and celebrated, and begin to discuss challenges...

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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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