Thursday, March 26 to Friday, March 27, 2026 (all day)
Iowa City Public Library
Directed by Brian R. Farrell, Daria Fisher Page, and Ryan T. Sakoda (UI College of Law), "Cultivating Rurality: Building Community around Rural Research" will bring together scholars, community leaders from across the U.S., and professionals who work with rural populations and in rural spaces. During the symposium, attendees will be invited to collaborate in theorizing rurality, share how it impacts their work, examine how rurality is represented and celebrated, and begin to discuss challenges...
Join us and make some new jewelry at CAB's Jewelry Bar happening March 26 from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Herky Room at the IMU!💍
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Join the UI Arabic Program for Arabic Cultural Hour! We have set up a number of exciting activities to explore the cultural practices behind Arabic and their relationship with the language. These activities include traditional crafts, cooking, movies, and more. Alongside each activity we will practice our in-class vocabulary and learn new terms to describe the activity.
This is a keynote lecture for the 2025-2026 Obermann Symposium: "Cultivating Rurality: Building Community around Rural Research."
Esther Pereen, University of Amsterdam: "Reimagining the Rural from Idyll to Hinterland: Exhausting Rural Childhoods”
Across the social and cultural realms, the rural is often imagined through idyllic and pastoral genres that allow it to be conceived as a refuge from globalization. Pereen's European Research Council–funded project RURAL IMAGINATIONS, concentrating on...
Prairie Lights and the Englert Theatre present Erik Larson, who will talk about his nonfiction thriller, The Demon of Unrest, in conversation with Nonfiction Writing Program Associate Professor Inara Verzemnieks.
This is a ticketed event. Please visit the Englert Theatre for box office information.
This site-specific performance at Public Space One will feature work choreographed by graduate student Victoria Lefler from the University of Iowa Department of Dance.
It's all part of #NewWorkCity, the spring initiative by #PerformingArtsAtIowa to highlight new work created by our talented graduate students in the performing arts. Join us as we...
Directed by Brian R. Farrell, Daria Fisher Page, and Ryan T. Sakoda (UI College of Law), "Cultivating Rurality: Building Community around Rural Research" will bring together scholars, community leaders from across the U.S., and professionals who work with rural populations and in rural spaces. During the symposium, attendees will be invited to collaborate in theorizing rurality, share how it impacts their work, examine how rurality is represented and celebrated, and begin to discuss challenges...
All members of the Boyd community are invited to support users of the counseling office by drawing images and words of support on the walls. No RSVP needed; simply arrive whenever you can between 9:00 and 4:00. No artistic experience needed; there are plenty of stencils!
Title: "Making It Known: Creating and Sharing Plain Language Summaries in CSD"
Speakers: Charlotte Hilker, M.A., CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist at Mercy Medical Center and a research associate in the Psycholinguistics Lab at the University of Iowa. Lindsey Nichol, M.A., CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist and a research associate in the Psycholinguistics Lab in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Iowa.
The EPA’s proposal to reconsider its long-standing Endangerment Finding raises major questions about the future of climate and public health protections in the United States. In this discussion, panelists will begin by explaining what the Endangerment Finding is, why it matters, and how administrative law shapes EPA’s authority to revisit it. The discussion will then turn to the scientific response to EPA’s proposal, including how a coalition of more than 100 climate and health experts came...
Join us on Friday, March 27 as we partner with the Cross Stitch and Embroidery Club. Cross stitch and embroidery materials will be provided, and members of the club's executive board will be available to answer questions and offer small demonstrations. We encourage crafters of all levels to come and start a new project or work on an existing one with us.
Learn more about the technique Sandra Sawatzky used to create The Black Gold Tapestry on view at the Stanley through June.
Rick Fosse, Emeritus Professor of Practice, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, former Iowa City Public Works Director, will be presenting, In the Hot Seat, Communicating with the Press and in the Courtroom.
The Nonfiction Writing Program presents a craft talk by Krause Visiting Writer, Elissa Washuta.
Elissa Washuta is a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and a nonfiction writer. Her essay collection, White Magic, was selected as a finalist for the PEN/Open Book Award, longlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Award, and named among the best books of 2021 by TIME, the New York Public Library and NPR. She is the author of Starvation Mode andMy Body is a Book of Rules, and with Theresa Warburton, she is the...
This is a keynote lecture for the 2025-2026 Obermann Symposium: "Cultivating Rurality: Building Community around Rural Research."
Andy Mink, Smithsonian Institute: "More than 'Not Urban': Serving Rural Communities as Places and as People"
What are synonyms for rural? Country and small town? Rustic or backcountry? Pastoral or hick? Rural communities are an important part of American life and history, yet they are frequently seen in a deficit model defined by what they are not instead of what they...
