Upcoming Events

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Annual First-Generation College Celebration Week

Thursday, November 5 to Friday, November 6, 2026 (all day)
University of Iowa
Held each year on Nov. 8, the National First-Generation College Celebration encourages colleges and universities across the country to celebrate the successes of the institution's first-gen students.

SEES Faculty Candidate Talk - Tenure Track Position, Climate Governance & Policy

Thursday, November 5, 2026 3:30pm
Macbride Hall

SEES:7000 Colloquium - Thursday, 11/5/26, 3:30pm, 255 MacBride Hall

SEES:7000 Colloquium - SEES Faculty Candidate Talk - Tenure Track Position, Climate Governance & Policy

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"The Novel in a Time of Textpocalypse": a lecture by Dan Sinykin

Thursday, November 5, 2026 4:00pm
English-Philosophy Building

Dan Sinykin is the author of American Literature and the Long Downturn: Neoliberal Apocalypse (Oxford 2020), Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature (Columbia 2023), and, with Johanna Winant, Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century (Princeton 2025). He is working on a manuscript about the rise of, and alternatives to, Zionism in the Pale of Settlement. His talk will be titled "The Novel in a Time of Textpocalypse."

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DMA I Recital: Zachary Bethel, Trombone

Thursday, November 5, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

This concert is free and open to the public.

Concert can be viewed via livestream here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream

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Piano Guest Artist Recital

Thursday, November 5, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Geoffrey Haydon, piano.

This concert is free and open to the public.

Concert program will be available here: https://performingarts.uiowa.edu/digital-programs/music.

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Glocal at Iowa: Me – Iowa – the World

Friday, November 6, 2026 11:30am to 1:00pm
Iowa City Public Library
Using the fast-paced and visually engaging Pecha Kucha format, meaning “chit-chat” in Japanese, five student speakers will share their most meaningful “glocal” experiences in approximately six-minute presentations composed of 20 timed slides.
Annual First-Generation College Celebration Week promotional image

Annual First-Generation College Celebration Week

Friday, November 6, 2026 (all day)
University of Iowa
Held each year on Nov. 8, the National First-Generation College Celebration encourages colleges and universities across the country to celebrate the successes of the institution's first-gen students.
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Friday Crafternoons

Friday, November 6, 2026 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Need a creative break at the end of the week? Swing by the Stanley on Friday afternoons to work on a craft project of your choice.

Bring your own in-progress project or start a new one using the various supplies provided. Try your hand at sketching, coloring, knitting, embroidery, origami, and so much more in a relaxing, low-pressure environment. Stay as long as you like and make new connections. Light snacks will be provided.

Friday Crafternoons occurs almost every Friday at the Stanley Museum of...

Story Lab Showcase Prep at MERGE

Friday, November 6, 2026 1:00pm to 3:00pm
MERGE
Showcase practice in the space—one week out!

Environmental Engineering and Science Graduate Seminar

Friday, November 6, 2026 1:30pm to 2:20pm
Seamans Center

Stan Kohls, PhD Candidate, LeFevre Research Group will be presenting, Non-Targeted and Suspect Screening of Trace Organic Contaminant Mixtures in Natural and Engineered Water Systems.