Filter Results

Upcoming Events


If you don't see the university event you are looking for, please also visit events.uiowa.edu.

March 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024
OPEN: Family Spirit Award Nominations
All Day ()

Calling all Hawkeyes! It´s time to nominate your favorite family for the 2024 University of Iowa Family Spirit Award.

This award recognizes a Hawkeye family-with at least three generations of University of Iowa graduates-that has substantially benefited from and continues to advocate for the UI, and contributes toward bettering the state of Iowa and its communities.

The recipients of this award will receive the ultimate Hawkeye experience during Family Weekend, Sept. 13-14, 2024, including 20 tickets to the Iowa football game against Troy.

Nominations are due Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

Submit your nomination here: https://www.foriowa.org/family-spirit/

Contact: Laurel Hall 319-467-3518

Departments: Center for Advancement, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Graduate College

April 17, 2024
How to Human: Building Conflict Skills to Improve Relationships
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (CDT)

Register: https://foriowa.info/3TBA26Y

Conflict is a normal but often uncomfortable part of all relationships. Many people would rather avoid conflict for fear of damaging a relationship or to avoid the discomfort that comes with having difficult conversations. And yet, working through conflict is key to building more satisfying relationships in both our personal and professional relationships, as healthy conflict can help us learn about ourselves and others.

Join Rachel McLaren, an associate professor in the University of Iowa Department of Communication Studies, for an engaging workshop on building conflict skills. She will share research-based information about the common barriers to healthy conflict, as well as scripts and tips for how to confidently handle hard conversations with others.

Contact: Lynn Barker 319-467-3344

Departments: Center for Advancement, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

April 22, 2024 - April 30, 2024
BMindful Holy Days: Passover (Judaism)
7:55 pm - 8:04 pm (CDT)
Where: 2750 University Capitol Centre, Suite 3719 Iowa City, Iowa 52242, Iowa City, IA US 52242

BMindful is an initiative that seeks to meet the needs of diverse communities by providing event and conference planners with the dates of holy days of major religious faiths for five years into the future. By providing these dates in advance, BMindful seeks to help planners avoid those dates when scheduling events.

BMindful does not include all religious holy days. It focuses on three major holy days for each faith-days when faith members may choose not to go to work or send their children to school.

Download dates into your Outlook Calendar: https://its.uiowa.edu/support/article/105264

View all Heritage Celebrations at the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion site: https://diversity.uiowa.edu/Celebrations

Contact: Charlie Taylor 319-335-3555

Departments: Police Department, Carver College of Medicine, College of Law, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Nursing, Commencement, Campus Safety, Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Division of Student Life

April 23, 2024
Student Impact Grant Presentations
4:00 pm (CDT)

Hear from the eight 2023-24 Student Impact Grant recipients and learn how private support enhanced their Iowa experience. Student Impact Grants are made possible by generous gifts from alums and friends who provide unrestricted support to the university.

About Student Impact Grants

The University of Iowa Office of the President and the Student Advancement Network have partnered to create Student Impact Grants, which provide funding for undergraduate and graduate student activities outside of the classroom-including research, travel, and service projects. These grants enable students to pursue opportunities that might not otherwise be possible without financial assistance.

Contact: Tegan Donahue 319-467-3377

Departments: Center for Advancement, University Honors Program, Carver College of Medicine

April 23, 2024
Denver Hawkeye Social
6:00 pm (CDT)
Where: 3201 Walnut St., Denver, CO US 80205

Register today: https://foriowa.info/denver24

Are you looking for an opportunity to connect and network with fellow Hawkeyes in the Denver area? Join the University of Iowa and the Hawks on the Rocks Iowa Club at an upcoming event!

Bring a friend or fly solo-and join us for fun conversations, Hawkeye swag, and free food and a drink. We hope to see you there!

Contact: Lynn Barker 319-467-3344

Departments: Center for Advancement

April 25, 2024
CLIMATE through a Wide Lens
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm (CDT)
Where: 21 North Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA US 52240

Rising seas, toxic rivers, deforestation, smoke-filled air-headlines remind us daily of the local, national, and international impacts of climate change. Join us for a wild pecha kucha ride through the effects of climate change with researchers who also tirelessly seek solutions. World-renowned climate scientist, Jerald Schnoor will open with big picture issues. That will set the stage for artist Isabel Barbuzza´s work on South American lithium salt mines, environmental literary scholar Eric Gidal´s work on Iowa´s watersheds, feminist anthropologist Meena Khandelwal´s engagement with Rajasthani villages in India, and natural resource economist Silvia Secchi´s rooting into the farms and rivers that surround us. Together, our Wide Lens presenters offer crucial insights into the challenges we face and hope that if we work together, change is possible.

Presentations:

  • "Visualizing Climate Dangers-The Case of Lithium" - Isabel Barbuzza, Art and Art History, CLAS
  • "Connecting Data and Storytelling in Iowa's Watersheds" - Eric Gidal, English, CLAS
  • "Cookstoves and Climate Change in India" - Meena Khandelwal, Anthropology and Gender, Women´s, and Sexuality Studies, CLAS
  • "Climate Change-Where We Are Now" - Jerald Schnoor, College of Engineering
  • "Adapting Agriculture, Land, and Water to Climate Change" - Silvia Secchi, Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, CLAS

20 slides per presenter, 20 seconds per slide

Ruthless Timekeeper - Teresa Mangum, Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, Office of the Vice President for Research

Additional Hosts - Roland Racevskis, Associate Dean for the Arts and Humanities, CLAS; Kristy Nabhan-Warren, Associate Vice President for Research in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

For each gathering in the Wide Lens series, researchers, scholars, and artists from across the university briefly present their work on a shared topic of interest; then, we open the floor to questions and conviviality over hors d'oeuvres and drinks.

Wide Lens is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, and the Office of the Vice President for Research. These events are free and open to all.

Contact: Erin Hackathorn 319-335-4034

Departments: Obermann Center, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies, College of Engineering, Graduate College, Center for Advancement, Office of the Vice President for Research

January 28, 2024 - May 26, 2024
Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm (CST)
Where: 160 West Burlington Street, Iowa City, IA US 52242

Join us monthly to generate new creative writing inspired by works in the Stanley collection. Each session will be led by a different talented writer from our area, who will be offering a new prompt and a new approach to ekphrastic writing (writing inspired by visual art). Bring your own notebook and pencil or computer and leave with the beginning of a newly written piece. Co-sponsored by Iowa City Poetry. Teen and adult writers in all genres are welcome.

Write at the Stanley meets every fourth Sunday of the month. 

Space is limited, so we encourage you to reserve your spot by clicking the dates below:

January 28

February 25

March 24

April 28

May 26

Contact: Kimberly Datchuk 319-335-1727

Departments: University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, Center for Advancement, Department of Classics, Department of English, Iowa Youth Writing Project, Magid Center for Writing, Pentacrest Museums, Office of the Provost, International Writing Program

May 1, 2024
Psychedelics: From Trip to Treatment | Chat From the Old Cap
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (CDT)

Longtime financial advisor Aaron Martin struggled to manage his severe depression until he discovered the life-changing benefits of psychedelics treatment. Join us for Chat From the Old Cap as we sit down with Martin and three UI Department of Psychiatry researchers on the effectiveness of psychedelic drugs to treat mental health disorders.

Professor of psychiatry Peg Nopoulos (85BS, 89MD, 93R, 94F) will moderate the discussion alongside emeritus professor of psychiatry Michael Flaum (90F) and licensed psychologist Candida Maurer (77BLS, 79MA, 91PhD). They´ll discuss the life-changing benefits of psychedelic drugs, what the treatments entail, and the promising research happening at Iowa. 

You´ll also hear how Martin´s experience-from trip to treatment-inspired him to become an advocate for the positive outcomes of psychedelics. 

Chat From the Old Cap is a series of virtual engagement sessions featuring Iowa alumni and friends sharing stories from their careers, backgrounds, and the university.

Contact: Tony Hakes 319-467-3391

Departments: Center for Advancement, Carver College of Medicine

May 3, 2024
BMindful Holy Days: Holy Friday (Orthodox Christianity)
All Day ()
Where: 2750 University Capitol Centre, Suite 3719 Iowa City, Iowa 52242, Iowa City, IA US 52242

BMindful is an initiative that seeks to meet the needs of diverse communities by providing event and conference planners with the dates of holy days of major religious faiths for five years into the future. By providing these dates in advance, BMindful seeks to help planners avoid those dates when scheduling events.

BMindful does not include all religious holy days. It focuses on three major holy days for each faith-days when faith members may choose not to go to work or send their children to school.

Download dates into your Outlook Calendar: https://its.uiowa.edu/support/article/105264

View all Heritage Celebrations at the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion site: https://diversity.uiowa.edu/Celebrations

Contact: Charlie Taylor 319-335-3555

Departments: Police Department, Carver College of Medicine, College of Law, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Nursing, Commencement, Campus Safety, Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Division of Student Life

February 3, 2023 - December 5, 2025
Art & Write Night
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm (CST)
Where: 39-53 East Jefferson Street, Iowa City, IA US 52240

Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.

Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.

Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session and will sometimes move about the Museum but we'll always start in the Hageboeck Hall of Birds (Bird Hall) on the third Floor of Macbride Hall. Join anytime between 6-8 p.m. and feel free to participate in a themed creation challenge or work on your own project with our exhibits as inspiration. We'll save the last 15-30 minutes of each session to share what we've been working on, connecting with others (optional, of course!).


Please note, the Museum is typically closed during this time, meaning the main entrance to Iowa Hall (atop the large staircase outside on the east side of Macbride Hall) will be closed and locked. All other building doors will be open, offering access to the Ground Floor of Macbride Hall. Bird Hall is located on the third floor of Macbride Hall and can be reached by stairs or by taking the elevator to the third floor and crossing the auditorium to the north side of the building. 

Contact: Carolina Kaufman 319-467-3130

Departments: Pentacrest Museums, Museum of Natural History, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Division of Student Life, Leadership and Engagement, Department of Biology, University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, University Libraries, Department of English

May 5, 2024
BMindful Holy Days: Pascha (Orthodox Christianity)
All Day ()
Where: 2750 University Capitol Centre, Suite 3719 Iowa City, Iowa 52242, Iowa City, IA US 52242

BMindful is an initiative that seeks to meet the needs of diverse communities by providing event and conference planners with the dates of holy days of major religious faiths for five years into the future. By providing these dates in advance, BMindful seeks to help planners avoid those dates when scheduling events.

BMindful does not include all religious holy days. It focuses on three major holy days for each faith-days when faith members may choose not to go to work or send their children to school.

Download dates into your Outlook Calendar: https://its.uiowa.edu/support/article/105264

View all Heritage Celebrations at the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion site: https://diversity.uiowa.edu/Celebrations

Contact: Charlie Taylor 319-335-3555

Departments: Police Department, Carver College of Medicine, College of Law, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Nursing, Commencement, Campus Safety, Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Division of Student Life

May 9, 2024
Medical Campus Graduation Celebration
11:00 am - 1:00 pm (CDT)

Graduating students are invited to stop by the UI Center for Advancement tent for free professional photos, alumni swag, and more.

This event is weather permitting.

Contact: Lynn Barker 319-467-3344

Departments: Center for Advancement, Carver College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Commencement, Division of Student Life, Graduate College

May 10, 2024
Pictures on the Pentacrest
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm (CDT)
Where: 1 North Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA US 52240

Graduating students are invited to stop by the UI Center for Advancement tent for free professional photos, alumni swag, and more.

This event is weather permitting.

Contact: Lynn Barker 319-467-3344

Departments: Center for Advancement, Carver College of Medicine, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Commencement, Division of Student Life, Graduate College

May 11, 2024
Pictures on the Pentacrest
11:00 am - 3:00 pm (CDT)
Where: 1 North Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA US 52240

Graduating students are invited to stop by the UI Center for Advancement tent for free professional photos, alumni swag, and more.

This event is weather permitting.

Contact: Lynn Barker 319-467-3344

Departments: Center for Advancement, Carver College of Medicine, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Commencement, Division of Student Life, Graduate College

May 17, 2024
Eight Over 80 Awards
11:00 am (CDT)

As Hawkeyes, we give back throughout our lives.

We're leaders in our professions. We're generous with our time and talent. We're passionate about things we love-especially anything black and gold. And some Hawkeyes continue to make an impact well beyond retirement.

That's why we are honoring Iowa alumni, age 80 and over, who carry the Hawkeye spirit of achievement and continue to help others.

Nominate a Hawkeye for this award here: https://www.foriowa.org/eight-over-80/

Contact: Erin Brokel 319-467-3668

Departments: Center for Advancement, Office of Community Engagement, Carver College of Medicine, Office of the Provost

June 16, 2024 - June 17, 2024
BMindful Holy Days: Eid al-Adha (Islam)
8:43 pm - 8:43 pm (CDT)
Where: 2750 University Capitol Centre, Suite 3719 Iowa City, Iowa 52242, Iowa City, IA US 52242

BMindful is an initiative that seeks to meet the needs of diverse communities by providing event and conference planners with the dates of holy days of major religious faiths for five years into the future. By providing these dates in advance, BMindful seeks to help planners avoid those dates when scheduling events.

BMindful does not include all religious holy days. It focuses on three major holy days for each faith-days when faith members may choose not to go to work or send their children to school.

Download dates into your Outlook Calendar: https://its.uiowa.edu/support/article/105264

View all Heritage Celebrations at the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion site: https://diversity.uiowa.edu/Celebrations

Contact: Charlie Taylor 319-335-3555

Departments: Police Department, Carver College of Medicine, College of Law, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Nursing, Commencement, Campus Safety, Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Division of Student Life

June 17, 2024
Polk County I-Club Celebrity Golf Outing
12:00 pm (CDT)
Where: 915 Fleur Drive, Des Moines, IA US 50321

Join the Polk County I-Club for their annual celebrity golf outing!

Entry fees-which are $500 per player and $2,000 per team-include green fees, cart, and dinner. The Hawkeye celebrities will consist of athletics department staff, coaches, and former student-athletes. A silent auction, dinner, and program will immediately follow golf. Hole sponsorships are $250 and include a tee sign on a hole and a complimentary dinner ticket ($75 value).

Space is limited, and early sign-up is encouraged.

For more information or to sign up for the event, contact Jim Carney at 515-282-6803 or carney@carneyappleby.com.

For information about other Hawkeye outings, visit jointheiclub.com/events. To learn how you can support Hawkeye student-athletes, visit jointheiclub.com.

Contact: Iowa Athletics Development 319-467-3410

Departments: Center for Advancement

July 18, 2024
Grandparents University®
8:00 am - 4:30 pm (CDT)

Registration will open on Monday, March 25, 2024.

Grandparents University® is an intergenerational learning program that allows grandparents-or honorary grandparents-to spend a day of discovery with their grandchildren.

This campus event will offer hands-on educational opportunities with UI experts. You can make lasting memories while exploring engaging topics in everything from the arts and humanities to medicine and science.

You´ll have the chance to learn more about topics such as:

  • Bird banding

  • Beatrix Potter

  • The metaverse

  • Memory and the brain

Registration will open on Monday, March 25, 2024, at 9 a.m., and will remain open Wednesday, July 3, 2024-or until we´ve reached capacity.

Cost: 

  • $75 for one grandparent and one grandchild

  • $100 for two grandparents and one grandchild or one grandparent and two grandchildren


The term Grandparents University® is a registered trademark originating at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is used with permission.

Contact: Erin Brokel 319-467-3668

Departments: Center for Advancement, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Related Content

They captured the imagination of the nation in the 2023 Final Four. Now, the Iowa women?s basketball team is using its platform to make a difference in the community, inspire the next generation of players, and fill Kinnick Stadium.

This roundup of historic covers offers a peek into the University of Iowa publication's past.

PHOTO: Larry Wieczorek It?s been nearly 10 years since Larry Wieczorek (72BS) retired as the University of Iowa?s cross country and track and field program director. Even though he?s hung up his stopwatch and whistle, he has not forgotten the fond memories and the countless student-athletes that he worked with during his career. ?I still think about coaching and the athletes, but I never felt that I should be back there doing it,? says Wieczorek. ?When I go to a meet or watch an event on television, I still feel it as a coach. That?s still kind of fun for me. I still have the passion for the sport.? That love for the sport gained roots in Iowa City. PHOTO: HAWKEYESPORTS.COM Larry Wieczorek (right) From the Windy City to Iowa City Growing up in the west Chicago suburb of Maywood, Illinois, Wieczorek didn?t compete in his first race until he was a sophomore in high school. ?I loved every sport, so I played everything,? says Wieczorek. ?But I kept moving further and further down the bench. I went out for cross and track my sophomore year in high school, and I found out that I could run.? What followed was back-to-back Illinois high school state championships in the one-mile run and a lot of attention from collegiate coaches throughout the Midwest. ?I consider myself a lucky man.? ?Larry Wieczorek ?I eventually narrowed it down to Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa,? says Wieczorek. ?I?d never been to the state of Iowa until my official visit, and the deciding factor for me was Coach Francis Cretzmeyer (36BA, 38MA). I just had a great level of comfort with him.? Much has changed for collegiate runners since Wieczorek competed more than 50 years ago, including where practices are held. While today?s Hawkeyes train and compete in the Hawkeye Indoor Track Facility and at the Francis X. Cretzmeyer Track, Wieczorek and his teammates worked out on a clay-dirt surface within The Field House. ?You had the dirt and clay indoor track that went around the basketball court,? he says. ?None of us knew any different because that?s what every Big Ten school had at the time.? Wieczorek found continued success at Iowa?becoming a six-time Big Ten Conference champion and four-time All-American as a cross country and distance runner. He once held conference records in the one, two, three, four, and five-mile runs?and continues to be in the top 6 all-time for Hawkeye distance runners in the one-mile and 5,000 meters. ?I consider myself a lucky man?to come to Iowa and be guided by Coach Cretzmeyer,? he says. ?I didn?t think I?d be a great student-athlete, but he guided me well. I was fortunate to win individual championships, but us winning the Big Ten team titles in cross country in 1966 and outdoor track and field in 1967 are phenomenal memories for me?even to this day.? PHOTO: HAWKEYESPORTS.COM Joey Woody (left), director of Iowa's cross country and track and field programs, and Larry Wieczorek Following in the Footsteps of Hawkeye Greats After graduating from Iowa, Wieczorek went back to suburban Chicago for 11 years?teaching high school physical education and serving as a head track and field coach. But then Cretzmeyer?s successor at Iowa, Ted Wheeler (57BA), asked him to join the staff as an assistant coach in 1984. Three years later, Wieczorek was head cross country coach. In 1997, he took over as head coach of the men?s track and field program, and by 2011, he was director of both men?s and women?s programs. That 2011 season was especially memorable for Wieczorek because the men?s track and field team also won the Big Ten team title. ?That was so special,? he says. ?It came down to the last event. We had to beat Minnesota in the last relay to win?and we did. I still have a picture of me hugging my wife on the track with everyone around us. For me, it kind of bookended my time in Iowa City?winning the Big Ten team title in Iowa City as a junior and then doing the same thing as a coach. Thinking about it now, that championship as a coach really gave me peace and satisfaction.? ?I love being in touch with the athletes because they made a difference in my life. They truly made my life better.? ?Larry Wieczorek Wieczorek retired in 2014 after seeing student-athletes claim 79 Big Ten championships and 53 All-American honors during his time as head coach. The 77-year-old Wieczorek is still active and thinks about his former student-athletes on a daily basis. He?s a member of the Iowa Letterwinners Club advisory board, attends all home cross country and track and field meets, and communicates regularly with Joey Woody, who was Wieczorek?s assistant coach and succeeded him as program director. ?I walk 70 minutes every day?pretending I?m running,? says Wieczorek. ?I?m doing jumping jacks and push-ups along the way. And if I can communicate with an alum?via phone or text once a day?that?s my goal. I love being in touch with the athletes because they made a difference in my life. They truly made my life better.? hr { background-color: #dddddd; height: 2px; border: none; }

The Iowa Spirit Squad Affinity Group creates lasting connections between Spirit Squad alumni, current Spirit Squad teams, and the University of Iowa Athletics Department.

We use cookies to understand how you use our site and to improve your experience. By continuing to use our site, you accept our use of cookies in accordance with our Privacy Statement unless you have disabled them in your browser.