For this workshop, 4–5 UI faculty members will submit book proposal drafts for a collaborative feedback session on November 5 led by Sara Jo Cohen, the Obermann Center's 2025 Editor-in-Residence. The session is designed to help authors write a compelling book proposal, with a focus on crafting a strong pitch, identifying target audiences, and outlining the project’s structure. The workshop’s goal is for participants to walk away with a strong and cohesive book proposal, increasing their chance...

UI Symphony OrchestraThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.This concert is free and open to the public.

HSO Staff will be available to:Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB

This event is open to the public."TBD"Judith Simcox, PhDHHMI Freeman Hrabowski ScholarUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonFaculty Host: Brandon Davies, PhD (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology/FOEDRC)Simcox Lab | https://biochem.wisc.edu/people/simcox/

Learn more about this creative initiative and express yourself by making and sending small-scale works of art through the Postal Service. We’ll send it off in the mail for you—just bring an address of someone with you! We’ll also have examples from our world-class collection of Mail Art on display to inspire you.Special Collections and Archives will have envelopes, postcards, stickers and more for you to make your own small artwork and add to the Mail Art movement.This event will be in Group...

Stephanie LeMenager, one of the founders of the environmental humanities and pioneer in the critical theory of petromodernity, examines the unique role of fiction as a form of truth telling in an era of lies, propaganda and conspiracy theory, and in the shadow of climate crisis.Stephanie LeMenager is a Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor of English and Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon.This event is presented by the Ida Cornelia Beam Visiting Professor lecture...

Kick off the semester with Story Lab—a hands-on workshop (offered four times, so you can pick what works for you) where you’ll learn how to craft and deliver stories that connect, inspire, and lead. Expect interactive activities, leadership insights, and yes… FREE food and drinks. Hurry! Slots fill up fast — RSVP for one of the four workshops.

Johnson County LandmarkThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.This concert is free and open to the public.

The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences is excited to welcome Dr. Monica Fabiani for this colloquium event. Monica is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests are in the cognitive neuroscience of human memory and aging, as well as in the development of tools for the non-invasive mapping of human brain function.Presentation title and abstract to come.Dr. Monica Fabiani's bio page: https://psychology.illinois.edu/directory/profile...