Upcoming Events

Spring 2026 IRB Office Hours

Thursday, April 23, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
IRB Office Hours are for all UI faculty, staff, and Investigators, HawkIRB delegates, and research team members involved with Human Subjects research.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Cynthia Nau Cornelissen

Thursday, April 23, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

This event is open to the public.

Urgent threat Neisseria gonorrhoeae utilizes human-specific protein receptors to overcome nutritional immunity

Cynthia Nau Cornelissen, PhD
Georgia State Washington

https://biomedical.gsu.edu/profile/cynthia-nau-cornelissen/

Faculty Co-Hosts: Miles Pufall, PhD and Jessica Tucker, PhD

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Blooming Plants: How to Care for Plants and Greenery

Thursday, April 23, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Sciences Library
Join Erin Irish, associate professor in biology at the University of Iowa, and Johnson County Master Gardeners Lavon Yeggy, Angela Murphy, and Marge Jensen to learn about the basics of plant care. Free and open to all. Beginners welcomed.


Drop in for a free workshop to design and decorate your own Chia Plant Buddy after the “Blooming Plants” program!
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Chia Buddies: Create Your Own Study Buddy

Thursday, April 23, 2026 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Sciences Library
Design and decorate your own Chia Plant Buddy to take home with you! Free and open to all.



This drop-in crafting activity will immediately follow “Blooming Plants,” a workshop where local experts will talk about basic plant care.

DMA II Recital: Chris Hunley, saxophone

Thursday, April 23, 2026 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA II Recital: Chris Hunley, saxophone

Chris Hunley, saxophone
Casey Dierlam Tse, piano

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Campus Symphony Orchestra

Thursday, April 23, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Campus Symphony Orchestra

This 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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Uncle Vanya

Thursday, April 23, 2026 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker brings her observational prowess and razor-sharp wit to an intimate adaptation of Chekhov's beloved dark comedy. Written with the “goal of creating a version that sounds to our contemporary American ears the way it sounded to Russian ears during the play’s first productions in the provinces in 1898,” Annie Baker’s Uncle Vanya captures the timeless longing, absurdity, and beauty of human relationships.
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Discover Rowing - School's Out, Oars Out!

Friday, April 24, 2026 9:00am to 11:00am
Beckwith Boathouse
Discover Rowing – A 2-Hour Introductory Experience

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Finance: Matt Gustafson

Friday, April 24, 2026 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pomerantz Center

Matt Gustafson is a professor of Finance at Penn State University.

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Ensemble Building to Foster Belonging

Friday, April 24, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Schaeffer Hall
Join MFA Directing Candidate Meredith Healy to discuss techniques and tools from theatre arts to promote community-building and participation in any classroom.