Events Calendar

Oct 7, 2024

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

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Professor Sarah Minor will deliver a craft talk on using visual art in creative writing. Refreshments will be served.

Oct 7, 2024

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Ian is a conservative writer, speaker, and podcast host, originally from the United Kingdom. After graduating from Oxford University with a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Computer Science, Ian moved to the United States and worked as a Software Engineer in Silicon Valley. He spent nearly four years at Facebook, including on the “Misinformation” team as part of the “Fact-Checking” organization. Driven by a desire to speak out against the anti-conservative stance of Big Tech, Ian joined Th...

Oct 8, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Both databases are multidisciplinary and allow you to measure scholarly impact. This hands-on session will show you: • How to quickly find the articles you need for you research or systematic review in each database. • How to track an article’s cited and citing references in each database. • How to find journal ‘Impact Factors’ using the Journal Citation Reports of Web of Science. • How to determine an author’s h-index. • How to identify a researcher and her/his publication track with S...

Oct 8, 2024

11:30 AM

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The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar by: Sarven Sabunciyan, PhD Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics Johns Hopkins Baltimore, Maryland Seminar Title: "Developing Biomarkers for Psychiatric Disorders: Detecting Brain Pathology via Extracellular Vesicle mRNAs Circulating in Blood” All are welcome to attend.

Oct 8, 2024

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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"The Gut Microbiome Regulates Body Temperature in Sepsis and in Sepsis and Health" by Kale Bongers, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine and "TBA" by Qian Shi, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Oct 8, 2024

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Beyond the In Vitro-to-In Vivo Leap: How Microenvironments Alter the Interaction Between HIV-1 and Therapeutics Hillel Haim, MD, PhD Assistant Research Professor, University of Iowa

Oct 8, 2024

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

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The University of Iowa Libraries and the Department of American Studies welcome all to attend a lecture in Shambaugh Auditorium by Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor Damion Thomas. In his talk, entitled "Leveling the Playing Field: Sports at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture,” Thomas will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the sports gallery at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Since opening...

Oct 8, 2024

6:30 PM

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Join Office of the State Archaeologist's Cherie Haury-Artz at the Swisher Public Library for an educational program, Native American Uses for Plants. Learn about objects in the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist collections that illustrate the many non-food uses that Native People of North America found for plants. Plants from trees to grasses were utilized for building and wood carving, weaving and sewing, and creating colorful and beautiful objects. ...

Oct 9, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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Accessing student records for research purposes requires compliance with multiple laws, regulations, and policies. Ensuring compliance is a collaborative effort between several University of Iowa departments. In this presentation, members of the Human Subjects Office, Office of the General Counsel, and the Office of the Registrar will discuss policies and guidance that researchers must follow to conduct this type of research. We will also describe procedures for obtaining study approval, re...

Oct 9, 2024

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB. 

Oct 10, 2024

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB.

Oct 10, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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The session will offer a framework for conducting a quality health sciences literature review for scholarly projects or publication. Learn tips about how to identify sources, use appropriate search techniques, organize results, and synthesize the body of literature to successfully prepare a review. Key differences in search methodology for reviews in the health sciences will be described, with examples provided. Although introductory material regarding systematic and scoping reviews will be ...

Oct 10, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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McLennan Lecture: "Bugs on the Move: How Lung Infections Respond to Restored Host Defenses in Cystic Fibrosis" by Pradeep Singh, MD, Professor of Microbiology and Medicine, UW Medicine Distinguished Chair, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Oct 10, 2024

5:00 PM

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Join Cherie Haury-Artz from the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist at Whitewater Canyon on a guided hike. Learn what Iowa was like over 13,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age and how people adapted to the conditions. Registration Required.

Oct 10, 2024

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Join us for a reading and conversation with poet and translator Sawako Nakayasu (co-hosted with The Writers Workshop).

Oct 11, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:20 PM

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SUDHINDRA BOSE SPEAKER SERIES “Iowa Vital Voices Project: Building Political Voice for Latino Health" Authors Julianna Pacheco, Nicole Novak, Nicholas Salazar, SALUD, and Community Advisory Board PRESENTED BY: Julianna Pacheco, Professor of Political Science, University of Iowa

Oct 14, 2024

7:30 PM

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How do politics affect what poets or novelists write, and even how they write it? How does literature inform political discourse? What is cultural diplomacy, why is it so important, and what is the UI’s role in promoting it? For this inaugural event in the Obermann Center’s new Counterpoint public conversation series, Christopher Merrill — poet, nonfiction writer, translator, editor, and director of the UI’s renowned International Writing Program — and Loren Glass, a historian of creative w...

Oct 15, 2024

11:30 AM

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The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by:  Nicole Brogden, PhD Ting-Fong and Nei-Jia Chin Associate Professor College of Pharmacy University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa  All are welcome to attend.

Oct 15, 2024

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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This class will provide a framework for developing a literature search for a systematic review. Topics will include the following: standards and criteria to consider, establishing a plan, registering a protocol, developing a research question, determining where to search, identifying search terms, reporting search strategies, and managing references. PLEASE NOTE Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the ...

Oct 16, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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This new tool, created in collaboration with staff from the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS), will help investigators and research teams identify events that require reporting to the IRB and select the correct category in the Reportable Event Form (REF) in HawkIRB. This lecture will cover: Categories of reportable events Orientation to the Reportable Event Decision Tree Guidance about UI IRB reporting requirements Answers to your questions about reportable events

Oct 16, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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This hands-on session will help you improve your searching through best practices for basic and advanced searching and show you features for saving or exporting citations. The session will also help you understand medical subject headings (MeSH) and how they improve your search as well as the benefits of a MyNCBI account. PLEASE NOTE: Advance registration is required to participate on Zoom. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.

Oct 16, 2024

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

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Please register here by October 11 to reserve a boxed lunch. Sandeep Jaggi, Associate General Counsel and Director of Patents at Intel, will give a talk on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the practice of law. Some of the topics he will cover include: How AI may revolutionize the practice of law and the lawyer's role in it Skills to acquire to practice law in the age of AI Skills that are relevant today and will endure beyond AI Sandeep has 27 years of experience in pate...

Oct 16, 2024

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB. 

Oct 16, 2024

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

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The Criticism Today Lecture Series presents "Missile Thinking, Space Dreaming: How Science Fiction Pacified the ICBM" with Assistant Professor Tom Lin. Tom Lin is author of The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu (Little, Brown, 2021), which won the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and was a finalist for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award and the Northern California Book Reviewers’ Award in Fiction. His scholarly research investigates the role of science fiction and...

Oct 17, 2024

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB.

Oct 17, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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LaBrecque Lecture: “MASLD (formerly known as NAFLD): some things you can try to control, but some you can’t” by Jacquelyn J. Maher, MD, Professor of Medicine Program Director, UCSF Liver Center; Program Director, UCSF T32 Postdoctoral Training Program in Hepatology; University of California San Francisco

Oct 17, 2024

4:00 PM

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This talk will give an overview of three research initiatives that use VR technology. First, a series of studies that used large screen pedestrian and bicycling simulators to examine how two people coordinate their decisions and actions when crossing a stream of traffic. The studies reveal the powerful influence that others have on how we make consequential decisions in performing routine but potentially dangerous activities. Second, a series of studies looking at how mobile technology can h...

Oct 19, 2024

10:00 AM

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In this panel, writers will discuss place and setting as key in many kinds of writing. They will explore the following questions: How do you convey a sense of place or paint a unique landscape? In what ways does location contribute to your writing? Can a literary work truly be "universal," or will place always determine how a piece is understood? Featuring: Forrest Gander, Catarina Gomes (International Writing Program), Nurit Kasztelan (International Writing Program), Chris Offutt, and Perv...

Oct 19, 2024

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

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Join author James Fitzmaurice in Shambaugh Auditorium in the Main Library for a conversation about his new young adult novel, Hobgoblin Gennel, moderated by Library and Information Science graduate student Theo Prineas. Light refreshments provided. In this off-beat tale of adventure, teenagers Irie and Fred are fast friends. Irie, of Afro-Caribbean heritage, was born in Sheffield where they both live. Fred is an expat American transplanted from Yuma, Arizona, with a keen interest in Sheffie...

Oct 19, 2024

2:30 PM

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Cinematic Poetics Poets Hannah Bonner, Julia Anna Morrison, and Perry Janes read from their work and discuss the intersections of film and poetry. Location: Ulysses Modern Lounge at The Chauncey 2:30–3:30 p.m. Guests: Hannah Bonner, Julia Anna Morrison, Perry Janes FREE and open to the public

Oct 21, 2024

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Celebrate the release of the novel Invisible Kitties with a conversation between author Yu Yoyo and Jeremy Tiang, the novel's translator.

Oct 22, 2024

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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EndNote Basic is a web-based citation management software that is freely available to all UI affiliates. It allows you to import, organize and format citations for papers, articles, etc. EndNote Basic is not the same as the desktop software, Endnote. PLEASE NOTE Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.

Oct 22, 2024

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Unraveling regulation of polar growth in the bacterial plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens Pamela Brown, PhD Associate Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia

Oct 23, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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The Human Subjects Office invites the UI research community to attend monthly information sessions about the IRB Efficiency Initiative on the fourth Wednesday of the month, from noon to 1 p.m. We will discuss the changes and demonstrate HawkIRB enhancements being implemented to streamline the IRB review process. The monthly session will cover upcoming enhancements and their expected rollout dates. Please join us to learn more about the IRB Efficiency Initiative. Please register for the upc...

Oct 23, 2024

12:30 PM - 1:20 PM

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The 2024 College of Public Health Distinguished Faculty Lecture will be presented by Dr. Hans-Joachim Lehmler, UI professor of occupational and environmental health. The title of his presentation is, "A Persistent Problem: PCB Exposure and Adverse Health Effects."    Viewing via Zoom is available for those outside of Iowa City (link provided upon request by contacting kathryn-welsh@uiowa.edu)

Oct 23, 2024

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB. 

Oct 23, 2024

6:00 PM

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TICKETS Free / No ticket required Part of Hancher's 52nd Season In addition to her performance activity, Renée Fleming tirelessly advocates for research at the intersection of arts, health, and neuroscience. Her new anthology, Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness, is a collection of essays from leading scientists, artists, creative arts therapists, educators, and physicians about the powerful impacts of music and the arts on health and the human experience. Fleming ...

Oct 24, 2024

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB.

Oct 24, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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CPC - presented by Sarah Little, MD, Fourth-Year Resident, Internal Medicine-Psychiatry and Ernesto Ruiz Duque, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine

Oct 24, 2024

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

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Samuel G. Freedman is an award-winning author, columnist, and professor at Columbia University. He is the author of 10 books, including Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights (2023). Historian Jon Meacham hailed the book as “a compelling and important account of Humphrey’s critical role in the freedom struggles of the mid-20th century.”   Freedman’s previous books include Small Victories: The Real World of a Teacher, Her Students and Their High School...

Oct 25, 2024

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

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The Samuel Levey Healthcare Leadership Symposium brings experts in the field to the University of Iowa to share ideas and inspire innovation in the ever-changing healthcare landscape. This year, our speakers include:  Liz Fowler, PhD, JD; Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center. Maulik S. Joshi, DrPH; President and Chief Executive Officer, Meritus Health, Inc. Jackson Leonard, MEd; Head Coach, Iowa Flyers Swim Club Kelli Todd, MS, MPH, ...

Oct 25, 2024

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

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Using Our Archives for Artist Research; A practical guide to Museum and Special Collections archives in research-creation practices. Join us for an informative lecture and workshop with Melanie Landsittel, Graduate Assistant at the Stanley Museum of Art, on Friday, 10/25, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the Visual Classroom on the 3rd floor.   Melanie will do a deep-dive into “Research-Creation” as it has applied to artists in Canada requesting government funding for their scholarship, explainin...

Oct 26, 2024

8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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Join several OSA staff members for presentations on archaeology and archaeological research in Iowa at the 2024 Fall Meeting of the Iowa Archeological Society (IAS). Everyone is welcome to join the IAS and attend the meeting! The Fall Meeting is being held in Polk City in partnership with the Big Creek Historical Society. See the agenda and other details at https://iowaarcheologicalsociety.org/2024-fall-meeting.

Oct 29, 2024

11:30 AM

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The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by:  Jennifer Golden, PhD Associate Professor Pharmaceutical Sciences Division Medicinal Chemistry Center University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy Madison, Wisconsin All are welcome to attend.

Oct 29, 2024

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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This class will focus on tips and techniques for carrying out a successful literature search in support of a systematic review. Topics will include techniques for developing search strategies, deciding which databases to search and how to seek out grey literature for a given topic. There will also be discussion on selecting journals for hand searching, documenting search strategies, and saving and organizing references. We suggest that “Nuts and Bolts of a Systematic Review” be taken before...

Oct 29, 2024

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Ribosome heterogeneity and gene expression in a bacterial pathogen Kathryn Ramsey, PhD Assistant Professor, University of Louisville School of Medicine

Oct 30, 2024

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB. 

Oct 31, 2024

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB.

Oct 31, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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"Acromegaly " by Helen Gnanapragasam, MBBS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Endocrinology and Diabetes

Oct 31, 2024

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

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Renate Mesmer is head of Conservation and Preservation at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. Mesmer is an experienced book and paper conservator with more than 20 years’ experience in the field. She formally trained as a master bookbinder in Germany and has pursued further conservation training at renowned institutions throughout Europe and the U.S. She has held previous positions conserving and restoring books and manuscripts at the University Library in Mannheim; the Speyer...

Nov 1, 2024

3:15 PM - 5:00 PM

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Hillary Eklund is Professor of English at Grinnell College, where she specializes in literatures of the 16th and 17th centuries. She has written or edited several books and articles on early modern literature, colonialism, and racial and environmental justice. Her current book project describes how wetlands, often perceived as nature’s mistakes, both compel and elude human designs in the seventeenth century. Wetlands, she argues, demonstrate a series of “unfast” countermoves to the fast viol...

Nov 5, 2024

11:30 AM

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The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by:  Vincent Venditto, PhD Associate Professor Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky All are welcome to attend.

Nov 5, 2024

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Defining Clostridial Interactions in the Human Gut Anna Seekatz, PhD Assistant Professor, Clemson University

Nov 6, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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This hands-on session will help you improve your searching through best practices for basic and advanced searching and show you features for saving or exporting citations. The session will also help you understand medical subject headings (MeSH) and how they improve your search as well as the benefits of a MyNCBI account. PLEASE NOTE: Advance registration is required for Zoom classes. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.

Nov 6, 2024

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB. 

Nov 7, 2024

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB.

Nov 7, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you to easily gather together your references in one place, organize them, and then insert them into papers and format them in a style of your choosing. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class will be hands-on, and there will be time for questions at the end. Please Note: Advance registration is required for Zoom classes. Virtual registrants will be emailed the Zoom link...

Nov 8, 2024

1:00 PM

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The Nonfiction Writing Program presents a Publishing Q&A event with Vanessa Haughton, editor at Alfred A. Knopf. Join us at the Nonfiction Writing House (530 N. Clinton St.) on Friday, Nov. 8 at 1 p.m. for the conversation, which is part of the Krause Series in Contemporary Nonfiction. This event is open to MFA students and undergraduate writers.

Nov 12, 2024

11:30 AM

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The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by:  Jon Selbo, PhD Senior Research Advisor Synthetic Molecular Design and Development Eli Lilly Noblesville, Indiana All are welcome to attend.

Nov 12, 2024

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Unintended Consequences: Augmentation of cell-autonomous host defense by a Legionella pneumophila effector protein  Stephanie Shames, PhD Associate Professor, College of Osteopathic Medicine-Michigan State University 

Nov 13, 2024

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB. 

Nov 13, 2024

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

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Books will be for sale at the event. Refreshments provided. Lyz Lenz is a New York Times bestselling author, whose writing has appeared in The Washington Post, the Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Times, and others. Her book God Land was published in 2019, through Indiana University Press. Her second book Belabored, was published in 2020 by Bold Type Books. Lyz’s essay “All the Angry Women” was also included in the anthology Not that Bad edited by Roxane Gay. Her third book, This Am...

Nov 14, 2024

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB.

Nov 14, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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For those already using Endnote, this class teaches you to maximize the tool. You’ll learn about the Endnote options for sharing so that you can collaborate effectively. From exporting and importing to syncing and sharing, this class will help you manage your information seamlessly on the desktop, on the web, and on mobile device. PLEASE NOTE Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.

Nov 15, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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SUDHINDRA BOSE SPEAKER SERIES “Legislative Financial Asset Disclosure, Firm Motivations, and Macroeconomic Outcomes in the US States” Justin Kirkland Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Virginia

Nov 19, 2024

11:30 AM

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The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by:  Jonathan Kirk, PhD, FAHA, FCVS Associate Professor & Vice Chair Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology Loyola University Chicago Maywood, Illinois All are welcome to attend.

Nov 19, 2024

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Bacterial social behavior: communication, cooperation and war Josephine Chandler, PhD Associate Professor, University of Kansas

Nov 20, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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IRB Efficiency Initiative Information Session The Human Subjects Office invites the UI research community to attend monthly information sessions about the IRB Efficiency Initiative on the fourth Wednesday of the month, from noon to 1 p.m. We will discuss the changes and demonstrate HawkIRB enhancements being implemented to streamline the IRB review process. The monthly session will cover upcoming enhancements and their expected rollout dates. Please join us to learn more about the IRB Eff...

Nov 20, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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The recent 50th anniversary of Title IX, the landmark legislation outlawing sex discrimination in education, prompted widespread reflection on its implications and impact. During this online talk, Iowa Women’s Archives staff Anna Holland and Kate Orazem will interweave the history of Title IX with the life and career of Dr. Christine Grant, a national advocate for equity in sports and the first and only director of women’s athletics at the University of Iowa. The presenters will reflect on t...

Nov 20, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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There are an overwhelming number of health sciences journals, but how do you know which ones are best to target for submitting your work? This session will provide a demonstration of tools to use to create a list of appropriate journals to consider. Resources to help you evaluate the quality of health sciences journals will be reviewed. Time for guided practice using the resources will also be provided.   PLEASE NOTE Advance registration is required for Zoom classes, though walk-ins are w...

Nov 20, 2024

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB. 

Nov 21, 2024

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB.

Dec 3, 2024

11:30 AM

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The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by:  Colin Kenny, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Iowa All are welcome to attend.

Dec 3, 2024

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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A Translational Atlas of Adaptive Natural Killer Cells Immunobiology Against Viruses Keith Reeves, PhD Professor, Duke University School of Medicine

Dec 4, 2024

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB. 

Dec 5, 2024

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB.

Dec 5, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you to easily gather together your references in one place, organize them, and then insert them into papers and format them in a style of your choosing. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class will be hands-on, and there will be time for questions at the end. Please Note: Advance registration is required for Zoom classes. Virtual registrants will be emailed the Zoom link...

Dec 10, 2024

11:30 AM

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The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by:  Rebecca McCullough, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Colorado Aurora, Colorado All are welcome to attend.

Dec 11, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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This hands-on session will help you improve your searching through best practices for basic and advanced searching and show you features for saving or exporting citations. The session will also help you understand medical subject headings (MeSH) and how they improve your search as well as the benefits of a MyNCBI account. PLEASE NOTE: Advance registration is required for Zoom classes. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.

Dec 11, 2024

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB. 

Dec 12, 2024

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB.

Dec 18, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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IRB Efficiency Initiative Information Session The Human Subjects Office invites the UI research community to attend monthly information sessions about the IRB Efficiency Initiative on the fourth Wednesday of the month, from noon to 1 p.m. We will discuss the changes and demonstrate HawkIRB enhancements being implemented to streamline the IRB review process. The monthly session will cover upcoming enhancements and their expected rollout dates. Please join us to learn more about the IRB Eff...

Dec 18, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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The Human Subjects Office invites the UI research community to attend monthly information sessions about the IRB Efficiency Initiative on the fourth Wednesday of the month, from noon to 1 p.m. We will discuss the changes and demonstrate HawkIRB enhancements being implemented to streamline the IRB review process. The monthly session will cover upcoming enhancements and their expected rollout dates. Please join us to learn more about the IRB Efficiency Initiative. Please register for the upc...

Dec 18, 2024

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB. 

Dec 19, 2024

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB.

Feb 7, 2025

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) considers two criteria in their review of proposals: intellectual merit and broader impacts (BI). Broader impacts relate to how the proposed research will “benefit society or advance desired societal outcomes” and is increasingly used as the differentiator between which excellent proposals to fund or not. The Training Team from the NSF-supported Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) organization will conduct three interactive virtual workshops on ...

Feb 12, 2025

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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Teaching in a new cultural environment can be both rewarding and challenging. This panel discussion is designed to share faculty expertise on how to address these issues. In this panel discussion, veteran faculty with successful teaching careers at the University of Iowa will share different pedagogical approaches and discuss ways to enrich classroom environments based on transnational knowledge and wide-ranging experiences to enhance students’ learning outcomes. The panel is also meant to f...

Feb 14, 2025

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) considers two criteria in their review of proposals: intellectual merit and broader impacts (BI). Broader impacts relate to how the proposed research will “benefit society or advance desired societal outcomes” and is increasingly used as the differentiator between which excellent proposals to fund or not. The Training Team from the NSF-supported Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) organization will conduct three interactive virtual workshops on ...

Feb 21, 2025

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) considers two criteria in their review of proposals: intellectual merit and broader impacts (BI). Broader impacts relate to how the proposed research will “benefit society or advance desired societal outcomes” and is increasingly used as the differentiator between which excellent proposals to fund or not. The Training Team from the NSF-supported Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) organization will conduct three interactive virtual workshops on ...

Apr 1, 2025

7:30 PM

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TICKETS Free tickets (limit two) will be available from the Hancher Box Office beginning March 3 at 10 a.m. Part of the  Levitt Lecture Series Part of Hancher's 52nd Season Mara Liasson is the national political correspondent for NPR and a contributor to Fox News Channel. She joined Fox in 1997 and serves as a panelist on Special Report with Brett Baier and Fox News Sunday, Fox Broadcasting Company's public affairs program that airs nationwide each Sunday morning. Liasson joined NPR in ...

Apr 2, 2025

6:00 PM

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Aaron Turner is a photographer and educator currently based in Arkansas. He uses photography as a transformative process to understand the ideas of home and resilience in two main areas of the U.S., the Arkansas and Mississippi deltas. Aaron also uses the 4x5 view camera to create still-life studies on identity, history, blackness as material, and abstraction. Aaron received his MA from Ohio University and an MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. He was a 2018 Light Wo...