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San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus and Quire of Eastern Iowa Concert

Sunday, July 7, 2024, 7:00pm

San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus and Quire of Eastern Iowa Concert For tickets, please visit this website: https://app.aplos.com/aws/events/san_francisco_gay_mens_chorus_and_quire...

Thesis defense: Mekhla Singhania

Thesis defense: Mekhla Singhania

Monday, July 8, 2024, 9:00am to 10:00am

Mekhla Singhania's Thesis defense "Enhancing therapeutic responses in NSCLC using pharmacological ascorbate and iron-oxide nanoparticles," as a component of her doctorate in Free Radical and Radiation Biology.

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, July 8, 2024, 11:00am to 12:00pm

Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion! This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science. Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.

Digital Accessibility Summer Camp: Intro Session

Monday, July 8, 2024, 11:00am to 12:00pm

Digital Accessibility Summer Camp 2024 kicks off with an overview of the Summer Camp sessions, and more. Digital Accessibility Coordinator T.M. Weissenberger will discuss policies, procedures, and resources for digital accessibility at Iowa, share important developments in the digital accessibility landscape, and field questions about all things accessibility including new federal guidelines for digital accessibility in higher ed....

Unraveling the Mysteries of the Ho-Chunk Nation's Dugout Canoes in Lake Mendota

Unraveling the Mysteries of the Ho-Chunk Nation's Dugout Canoes in Lake Mendota

Monday, July 8, 2024, 7:30pm

Please join us for a free, public educational program during Iowa Project Aware at Lake Darling State Park. We are welcoming Bill Quackenbush, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Ho-Chunk Nation, to tell us about recent discoveries of dugout canoes and show us his dugout replica....

Introduction to Generative AI

Introduction to Generative AI

Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 9:00am to 10:00am

Join us for an introduction to generative AI. We'll identify current capabilities, ethical use cases, and the privacy considerations associated with generative AI systems. We will also introduce strategies for effective prompting and offer additional resources to continue learning about AI applications....

REDCap Basic Training

Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am

This is the first step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will build a new REDCap project from scratch and cover basic features such as:...

Microsoft Teams: An Introduction

Microsoft Teams: An Introduction

Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am

This introductory course will give you a high-level overview of how to utilize Microsoft Teams and the tools within to collaborate and communicate with a workgroup, a project team, or any assortment of people. Topics covered include creating a team, chat, audio/video calls, meetings, and more. This course is designed for first-time users of Teams and those who would like to ensure they are getting the most out of this organizational tool. To schedule additional Microsoft Teams training for...

Imposter Phenomena (Engineering Thesis Summer Camp)

Imposter Phenomena (Engineering Thesis Summer Camp)

Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

We all engage in “Impostering” or believing we are not good, not deserving enough, or not producing enough in our lives at the university. This workshop assists you with learning: the definitions of Imposter Syndrome, what steps you can take to partially undo Imposter Syndrome, and the systems that contribute to creating Imposter Syndrome. You are never alone! There are partners to support you in finding campus mental health and well-being resources. Presented by: Barry A. Schreier, PhD, HSP,...

Discover Study Abroad-Summer 2024

Discover Study Abroad-Summer 2024

Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 12:30pm to 1:00pm

Would you like to study abroad during your time at the University of Iowa, but don't know where to start? Attend our weekly Virtual Discover Study Abroad info sessions to learn how study abroad works and find the right international opportunity for you!  ...

TriNetX Basic Training

Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research....

Iowa City MSW Information Session

Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Please join us via Zoom for an info session to learn more about earning your MSW degree on our main University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. Click here to join: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/109960976 Contact our Admissions Office directly with any questions or requests: ssw-admissions@uiowa.edu 319-335-1250

Des Moines MSW Information Session

Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Please join us for an in-person info session to learn more about earning your MSW degree from the University of Iowa. Sessions take place from 4–5 p.m. (Central Time) at the: John and Mary Pappajohn Education Center 1200 Grand Ave. Des Moines, Iowa 50309 If you have questions or requests, please contact our coordinator: Christy Thies, Des Moines Program Coordinator christy-thies@uiowa.edu 515-235-4662

REDCap Intermediate Training

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am

This is the second step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover basic and intermediate features such as:...

Digital Accessibility Summer Camp: What You Should Know About WCAG 2.1

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 10:00am to 11:30am

In April 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice issued an update to the Americans with Disabilities Act requiring public universities to ensure their digital tools, including web and mobile applications, conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). The Guidelines are an internationally recognized standard for measuring the accessibility of digital technologies. Originally developed to assess web accessibility, WCAG principles have since been applied to a broad spectrum of...

Read on the Rug

Read on the Rug

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 10:30am to 11:00am

Read on the Rug is back with monthly offerings!...

Itching for Stitching

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 11:30am to 12:30pm

7/10 11:30 a.m. at MERF atrium Contact  T for more info: theresa-ho@uiowa.edu 

Ten Years Too Long: Making the Flint Water Crisis Public Archive

Ten Years Too Long: Making the Flint Water Crisis Public Archive

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

The Flint Water Crisis Public Archive aims to aid community leaders, researchers, and the general public in better understanding what happened during the Flint Water Crisis. Without our intervention, we risk losing access to documents released regarding the crisis, stripping us of the opportunity to learn about these important events and their ongoing implications for communities in Michigan and beyond. Panelists will include the project's founder, who will discuss the upcoming launch of the...

PhD Dissertation Seminar: Impact of de novo Transposition on the Drosophila melanogaster Genome: Effects on the 3D Nuclear Architecture and Telomere Dynamics

PhD Dissertation Seminar: Impact of de novo Transposition on the Drosophila melanogaster Genome: Effects on the 3D Nuclear Architecture and Telomere Dynamics

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 12:00pm

Ryan Pellow, a PhD candidate in the Integrated Biology (iBio) Graduate Program, will be defending his dissertation on Wednesday, July 10 at noon in Room 106, Biology Building East (BBE), and via Zoom (email biology@uiowa.edu for the Zoom link). The seminar is open to the public to attend.

Microbiology PhD Thesis Seminar - Andrea Sánchez-Peña

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Join us for the Microbiology PhD Thesis Seminar on 7/10/24 at 1 p.m. in rm. 2117 MERF. Andrea Sánchez-Peña will present her research on the role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa surface motility in interspecies interactions with Staphylococcus aureus.

Summer 2024 Office Hours

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Office Hours: IRB Office Hours are for all UI faculty, staff, and Investigators, HawkIRB delegates, and research team members involved with Human Subjects research. No appointment necessary. First come, first served; computers are available. HSO Staff will be available to: ...

Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)

Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

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: Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.

Trauma Informed Care: Emerging Adults, Harm Reduction and Ethical Practice Training

Trauma Informed Care: Emerging Adults, Harm Reduction and Ethical Practice Training

Thursday, July 11, 2024, 8:30am to 12:45pm

The goal of this training is to provide an overview of trauma informed care and its applications within a harm reduction approach in psychotherapy. Focus will be placed on working with young adults based on best practices and ethics according to current research. Participants will engage in small group vignettes to apply models presented in this training within their own work setting....

REDCap Surveys Training

Thursday, July 11, 2024, 10:00am

This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as:...

Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting

Thursday, July 11, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

We have established a community of CCOM Informaticists who are applying these skills in their work at UIHC. You are invited to join us during our monthly seminar presentations. 

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds

Thursday, July 11, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

"CPC: Shortness of Breath in a 24-Year-Old" by Maluki Radford, MD, Second-Year Resident, Internal Medicine; Jane Persons, MD, PhD, Chief Resident, Pathology; and Umar Farooq, MD, Clinical Professor, Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation.

PhD Dissertation Seminar: Evolution of Acquired Stress Resistance in an Opportunistic Yeast Pathogen

PhD Dissertation Seminar: Evolution of Acquired Stress Resistance in an Opportunistic Yeast Pathogen

Thursday, July 11, 2024, 1:00pm

Jinye Liang, a PhD candidate in the Integrated Biology (iBio) Graduate Program, will be defending her dissertation on Thursday, July 11 at 1 p.m. in Room 106, Biology Building East (BBE), and via Zoom (email biology@uiowa.edu for the Zoom link). The seminar is open to the public to attend.

Improving Scholarly Communication Series - Writing Effective NIH Grant Applications

Improving Scholarly Communication Series - Writing Effective NIH Grant Applications

Friday, July 12, 2024, 11:00am to 12:00pm

Interested researchers, faculty, and staff are invited to register for one, or more, sessions of this series. To sign up, click here! ...

2024 BTN Big 10K

Saturday, July 13, 2024

Join us for the 2024 BTN Big 10K on Saturday, July 13 along Chicago’s lakefront! Test your fitness, enjoy a one-of-a-kind race experience, and represent the University of Iowa while giving back to some great charities!...

4th Annual BioBlitz at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory

4th Annual BioBlitz at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory

Saturday, July 13, 2024, 9:00am to 12:00pm

What types of plants, animals, and fungal life might you find at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory? Let's find out! ...

LSAC DC Forum

Saturday, July 13, 2024, 10:00am to 4:00pm

Meet with admissions representatives at an event for prospective law students.

BioBlitz Bash

BioBlitz Bash

Saturday, July 13, 2024, 12:30pm to 3:30pm

Join us for a celebration of prairies, biodiversity, and research at the Bioblitz Bash! Following the 4th Annual BioBlitz at Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory in the morning, the Bioblitz Bash is the perfect opportunity to see what exciting discoveries were made that morning, interact with knowledgeable experts, and take home actionable steps to create a positive impact in your own surroundings. All are welcome to attend one or both events. Free food will be available on a first-come, first...