Upcoming Events

Story Lab Workshop #3

Thursday, October 2, 2025 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
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.
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Johnson County Landmark

Thursday, October 2, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
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.
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Psychological and Brain Sciences Colloquium: Monica Fabiani

Friday, October 3, 2025 11:30am to 1:00pm
Psychological and Brain Sciences Building
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...
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Nancy Andreasen Lecture in Psychiatry presented by Sophia Vinogradov, MD

Friday, October 3, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility
Sophia Vinogradov, MDProfessor and Department HeadDonald W. Hastings Endowed ChairDepartment of Psychiatry & Behavioral ScienceUniversity of Minnesota Medical SchoolLecture title to comeThe annual Andreasen lecture, established by the UI Department of Psychiatry in 2018, honors Nancy C. Andreasen, MD, PhD, UI professor of psychiatry, an internationally recognized neuroscientist and a leader in the field of schizophrenia research.
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Psychological and Brain Sciences Colloquium: Gabriele Gratton

Friday, October 3, 2025 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Psychological and Brain Sciences Building
The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences is excited to welcome Dr. Gabriele Gratton for this colloquium event. Gabriele is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Gratton's research interests are in the cognitive neuroscience, specifically in the basic organization (spatial, temporal, and functional) of elementary cognitive processes such as those involved in sensory and working memory, attention, motor preparation, and strategy selection.Presentation...
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Art & Write Night

Friday, October 3, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session and...
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Kurt Elling with Christian Sands

Friday, October 3, 2025 7:00pm
Hancher Auditorium
WildflowersPart of Club HancherPart of Hancher's 53rd seasonA warm and textured voice. The beauty of a lone piano. A musical garden of ‘Wildflowers.’Kurt Elling is undeniably among the most incredible and influential jazz vocalists of our time. His 2024 Wildflowers recording projects featuring performances with solo piano—first with Sullivan Fortner and then with Joey Calderazzo—were impromptu and near-instantaneous sessions. Those recordings bring Elling’s expressiveness to the fore beautifully...

Guest Artist Recital: John Hagstrom, trumpet

Friday, October 3, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Guest Artist Recital: John Hagstrom, trumpetThis concert is free and open to the public.
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Earthus Terminus

Friday, October 3, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
By Emily Kaufman Bell Part of Theatre Arts' Gallery Series Tickets:Tickets for workshops and galleries are free of charge; however, you must obtain a ticket at the door and seating is limited.
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Kurt Elling with Christian Sands

Friday, October 3, 2025 9:00pm
Hancher Auditorium
WildflowersPart of Club HancherPart of Hancher's 53rd seasonA warm and textured voice. The beauty of a lone piano. A musical garden of ‘Wildflowers.’Kurt Elling is undeniably among the most incredible and influential jazz vocalists of our time. His 2024 Wildflowers recording projects featuring performances with solo piano—first with Sullivan Fortner and then with Joey Calderazzo—were impromptu and near-instantaneous sessions. Those recordings bring Elling’s expressiveness to the fore beautifully...