Upcoming Events

Des Moines MSW Info Session

Tuesday, September 8, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual

Please join us via Zoom for an info session to learn more about the MSW program in Des Moines at the John and Mary Pappajohn Education Center.

https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/95053466834

Questions? Contact Melanie at melanie-reed@uiowa.edu

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Transparency and Fairness in AI for Criminal Justice

Tuesday, September 8, 2026 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Biology Building East
What happens when AI intersects with the criminal justice system via facial recognition, mechanical evidence, risk assessment, sentencing, parole, and more? We welcome Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor, Dr. Cristopher Moore, of the Santa Fe Institute.

REDCap MyCap Training

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the fifth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will discuss using the MyCap mobile app for data collection. We will cover features such as:

Creating participants

Creating tasks and schedules

Active tasks and their unique data output

Direct messages and announcements

This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training, you will have a basic understanding of the MyCap mobile app for REDCap.

Register by clicking the virtual event link above or by going here:  https:/...

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Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Avery Van De Water

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 1:00pm
Spence Labs

Avery Van De Water is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Their research has been conducted in Dorit Kliemann's laboratory.

If you are unable to attend in person, please consider showing your support and attending via Zoom. Please email britt-hokanson@uiowa.edu for the zoom link.

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Film screening and Q&A: Close Encounters of the 34th Avenue Kind

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 1:30pm to 3:00pm
College of Public Health Building
Join us for a special screening of the new documentary film, Close Encounters of the 34th Avenue Kind, the incredible true story of the New York City’s best “open street.”

Human Subjects Office Fall 2026 Office Hours

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Virtual
IRB Office Hours are for all UI faculty, staff, and Investigators, HawkIRB delegates, and research team members involved with Human Subjects research.
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Tig Notaro

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 7:00pm
Hancher Auditorium

Part of Hancher's 2026-2027 Season
Presented by HANCHER AUDITORIUM and ENGLERT THEATRE

One of Rolling Stone’s 50 best comedians of all time rolls into Hancher.

Tig Notaro is an Emmy and Grammy nominated stand-up comedian, actor, writer, podcaster, and radio contributor, as well as a favorite on numerous talk shows, including The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Her special Tig Notaro: Hello Again premiered in March of 2024 on Amazon, garnering multiple Emmy...

REDCap Data Handling

Thursday, September 10, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the sixth and final step in the REDCap training series. In this training we won't use REDCap at all. Instead, we will cover ways to view and manage your exported REDCap data in Microsoft Excel and Sublime Text such as:

Populating data from one Excel sheet to another with vlookup()

Seeing specific data with column sorting and filtering

Ensuring data is cohesive by creating tables

Looking at how data relates to other data by creating pivot tables

Transforming unusable data to a usable format...

Human Subjects Office Fall 2026 Office Hours

Thursday, September 10, 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.
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Maximizing Pivot to Find Funding and Collaborators (September 2026)

Thursday, September 10, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Schaeffer Hall

Do you want to maximize your time spent searching for funding opportunities or potential project collaborators? Join us to learn how Pivot can save you time and effort in identifying the right funding opportunities for your research lines as well as identifying collaborators with the relevant expertise.

Register here. The RDO will send a calendar invitation and room location details upon registration.