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Events Around Campus

Designing Aligned Assessments in Experiential Education

Thursday, December 4, 2025 1:00pm to 3:00pm
University Capitol Centre
This event will feature a hands-on session focused on exploring, designing, and discussing assessments in experiential education. The retreat is a collaborative effort between the Center for Teaching and the Pomerantz Career Center, and we’re excited to facilitate meaningful conversations and practical engagement around this important topic.Register online
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DeLTA Center Colloquium: Wilma Bainbridge

Thursday, December 4, 2025 3:30pm to 5:00pm
University Capitol Centre
Dr. Bainbridge is an Associate Professor at The University of Chicago in the Department of PsychologyInterests: the intrinsic memorability of images; multi-modal approaches to memorability/memory; intersection of perception and memory; the visual content of long-term memories; neuroscience of memory; computational techniques: machine learning, computer vision; deep neural networksPresentation title and abstract to come.Wilma’s Bio Page: https://psychology.uchicago.edu/directory/wilma-bainbridge
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Curator Guided Tour of ‘Paper Engineering in Art, Science, and Education’

Thursday, December 4, 2025 4:00pm to 5:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Join co-curators Giselle Simón, Elizabeth Yale, and Damien Ihrig for a special guided tour of the current University of Iowa Libraries Main Library Gallery exhibition, Paper Engineering in Art, Science, and Education. All are welcome to attend this free event.About the exhibit: Paper Engineering in Art, Science, and Education showcases the fascinating world of movable books and paper technologies. The exhibition invites visitors to enjoy seeing flap books, pop-ups, tunnel books, volvelles, and...
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Art & Write Night

Thursday, December 4, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
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...

Leveraging Microsoft Copilot: How AI Can Assist You

Friday, December 5, 2025 9:00am to 10:00am
Virtual
Copilot Enterprise is a generative artificial intelligence (AI) assistant tool designed to respond to user queries in a conversational manner. This tool can be an invaluable asset, offering assistance in tasks ranging from answering questions, providing information, to generating content. The goal of Copilot Enterprise is to enhance productivity by helping you automate repetitive tasks, learn new concepts, problem solve, and more, all while keeping your data safe. This introductory level...
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DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion: Wilma Bainbridge

Friday, December 5, 2025 9:00am to 10:20am
Lindquist Center
The DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion is an event that expands the interdisciplinary research community by promoting reciprocal interactions between basic and applied researchers. These events showcase presenters from a wide variety of academic disciplines and an open discussion about implications of the presenter's ideas across fields of study and research.Dr. Wilma Bainbridge is an Associate Professor at The University of Chicago in the Department of PsychologyInterests: the intrinsic...
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Iowa Neuroscience Institute Seminar: Michael Yassa, PhD

Friday, December 5, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building
Seminar Title TBDMichael Yassa, PhDProfessor, Neurobiology and BehaviorJames L. McGaugh Endowed Chair in the Neurobiology of Learning and MemoryProfessor, Psychiatry and Human BehaviorProfessor, NeurologyDirector, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and MemoryAssociate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Charlie Dunlop School of Biological SciencesUniversity of California, IrvineIowa Neuroscience Institute seminars feature top neuroscientists from around the country sharing their latest...

Founding Mothers Support Group

Friday, December 5, 2025 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Boyd Law Building
This support group is led by Social Worker Sam for any student enrolled at Iowa Law who wishes to explore gender dynamics in law school and in the legal field. The invitation is to come together to share, process, and support each other. There is no long-term commitment and no need to attend consistently. If you are interested in attending, please email Social Worker Sam to receive and review a copy of the group’s Constitution before attending. All attendees must sign the group’s Constitution to...
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Johnson County Landmark feat. Camille Thurman

Friday, December 5, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Johnson County Landmark feat. Camille ThurmanThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.This concert is free and open to the public.

Key Change: Brahms and His Piano Legacy, Concert #3

Saturday, December 6, 2025 3:00pm
Voxman Music Building
Key Change: Brahms and His Piano Legacy, Concert #3This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.This concert is free and open to the public.

Senior Recital: Joanna Leston, trumpet

Saturday, December 6, 2025 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Senior Recital: Joanna Leston, trumpetJoanna Leston, trumpetJason Sifford, pianoThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.This concert is free and open to the public.

Composers Workshop II

Saturday, December 6, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Composers Workshop IIThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.This concert is free and open to the public.
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Handel’s Messiah, featuring UI Choirs and Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, December 6, 2025 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
Perfectly timed to ring in the holiday season.Handel’s Messiah is a beloved masterwork. University of Iowa student musicians from the choir and orchestra programs will come together to bring this perennial favorite gloriously to life. Hallelujah!Music by George Frideric Handel Conducted by David Puderbaugh
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Free CPR/AED, Red Watch Band Training

Sunday, December 7, 2025 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Campus Recreation and Wellness Center
The Red Watch Band Program focuses on knowledge, skill, and confidence building regarding preventing death from alcohol overdose. Students are taught the knowledge and skills to "make the call," and using role plays, given opportunities to build confidence to intervene on behalf of another. All students who complete the training will receive CPR and alcohol bystander training, and will be better able to link the impact that alcohol has on the body. Students will also receive training on how to...

Double Bass Studio Recital

Sunday, December 7, 2025 3:00pm
Voxman Music Building
Double Bass Studio RecitalThis concert is free and open to the public.

Band Extravaganza

Sunday, December 7, 2025 3:00pm
Xtreme Arena
Band ExtravaganzaMore information to come.This is a ticketed event at Xtreme Arena.

Center for New Music Ensemble Concert II

Sunday, December 7, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Center for New Music | Concert IIMore concert details can be viewed here on the Center for New Music website: https://cnm.uiowa.edu/This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.This concert is free and open to the public.

AI Prompting (Advanced): Elevating your Craft

Monday, December 8, 2025 9:00am to 10:00am
Virtual
Take your prompting skills to the next level in this advanced AI prompting session. Designed for users who already understand the basics, this session dives deeper into prompt engineering techniques to generate more precise, creative, and impactful generative artificial intelligence responses.Participants will explore advanced prompting strategies including multi-step task execution, structured output formatting, and iterative refinement through practical application and project development. The...

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, December 8, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building
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.
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Jazz Repertory Ensemble

Monday, December 8, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Jazz Repertory EnsembleThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.This concert is free and open to the public.

REDCap Basic Training

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
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: • Building forms with proper field types and validation • Assigning user permissions • Project backup and overview with data dictionary, codebook, pdf, and xml • Ensuring your project works properly by testing with real world application • Making mid-study modifications safely after having started data collection in production • Creating...

College of Pharmacy PSET Seminar Series: Matthew Caporizzo, PhD

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 11:30am
College of Pharmacy Building
The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics (PSET) in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by: Matthew Caporizzo, PhDAssistant ProfessorMolecular Physiology and BiophysicsThe University of VermontBurlington, VermontAll are welcome to attend. No pre-registration required.

TriNetX Basic Training

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual
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. After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies. Register by clicking the virtual event link...

DMA I Recital: Eric Luminais, flute

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
DMA I Recital: Eric Luminais, fluteThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.This concert is free and open to the public.
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