Upcoming Events

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Mental Health Around The World - Mind, Body, Community

Thursday, April 9, 2026 2:30pm to 6:30pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Date/Time: Thursday, April 9, 2026. 2:30 - 6:30 pm.

Location: Hubbard Commons, IMU (outside of the IMU Main Lounge)

Join us for an interactive Mental Health Fair celebrating cultural practices of self-care and exploring holistic wellbeing through physical, mental, spiritual, and social lenses. Enjoy popcorn, cultural snacks, fun activities, and exciting prizes while connecting with the community!

It's free and open to everyone.

Story Lab Showcase Prep (MERGE)

Thursday, April 9, 2026 3:00pm to 5:00pm
MERGE
Final practice before the showcase!
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College of Pharmacy College-wide Pickleball Tournament

Thursday, April 9, 2026 4:00pm
Field House

College of Pharmacy PharmD class officers are coordinating a college-wide pickleball tournament. Join a team or simply come to cheer everyone on! Get to know other faculty, staff, and students in a fun, non-academic setting.

Please complete this survey so the officers can gauge interest. No pickleball experience required.

Protecting Water, Protecting Community: Short Films & Dialogue on Indigenous Land and Water Defense

Thursday, April 9, 2026 5:30pm to 7:15pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Join us for an evening of short films and community conversation exploring movements to protect water, land, and community.

The program will feature a curated selection of short films highlighting water protection movements in the Midwest, and beyond. Following the screenings, Dakota elder and historian Tim Mentz Sr. and Sikowis Nobiss, Cree-Saulteaux of the George Gordon First Nation in Saskatchewan and the founder and executive director of the Great Plains Action Society, will participate in a...

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This Is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map | St. Joseph, MO

Thursday, April 9, 2026 6:00pm
St. Joseph Museums
Join University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist adjunct research associate and former Iowa State Archaeologist, William Green, for a book discussion and meet the author event for his new title, This is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map. This event is organized by St. Joseph Museums, Inc. RSVP appreciated at https://www.stjosephmuseum.org/events-1/this-is-the-route-of-my-forefathers-a-night-with-the-author.
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Save the Date: Milestone Banquet

Thursday, April 9, 2026 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Help us kickoff our 100-year celebration of the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CBE) at the University of Iowa! The Milestone Banquet is for alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends of CBE. It will take place following the Carmichael Symposium. For more information check out the Milestone Celebration page on our website!

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Book Matters: James Costa and Elizabeth Yale

Thursday, April 9, 2026 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Prairie Lights Books
Join us for a reading and discussion to celebrate The Descent of Man: An Annotated Edition of Darwin’s Classic Work, annotated by James Costa, professor of biology and executive director of the Highlands Biological Station at Western Carolina University, and Elizabeth Yale, associate professor of history at the University of Iowa.
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Carmichael Symposium Call for Participants

Friday, April 10, 2026 (all day)
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

CBE has a long and distinguished history of outstanding research and graduate student training. This is best exemplified by the pioneering work of Karl Kammermeyer (department head 1949-1972) on membrane separations initiated in late 1940s. Greg Carmichael, the Karl Kammermeyer Professor, has been part of CBE for nearly 50 years and served as department chair for 14 years and associate dean for research and graduate studies in the college for another dozen years. The research conducted by his...

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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Institute - Dr. James Lang

Friday, April 10, 2026 8:15am to 12:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
This campus-wide event will feature a keynote address by Dr. James Lang, a nationally recognized expert on teaching and learning and the author of the popular books Write Like You Teach and Small Teaching.
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DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion: Mark Berg

Friday, April 10, 2026 9:00am to 10:30am
University Capitol Centre

The DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion is an event in which DeLTA expands the interdisciplinary research community by promoting reciprocal interactions between basic and applied researchers. These events showcase presenters from a wide variety of academic disciplines and an open discussion about implications of the presenter's ideas across fields of study and research.

Dr. Mark Berg is Professor and Collegiate Scholar in the Department of Sociology and Criminology, and is the Director of the...