AI Is Not Your Friend: Cautions and Vents about Its Uses and Abuses in the Creation of Scholarly Publications promotional image

AI Is Not Your Friend: Cautions and Vents about Its Uses and Abuses in the Creation of Scholarly Publications

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 3:00pm to 4:00pm
111 Church Street

On Tuesday, Oct. 6, from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, Walter Biggins, editor-in-chief at University of Pennsylvania Press, will offer his perspective as both a longtime acquiring editor and as a writer on how the advent of AI affects the present and possible futures of scholarly publishing. In particular, he will discuss how the emerging technology creates concerns and unresolved tensions — ethical, legal, and otherwise — in publishing around intellectual property...

Science & Health Connections Fair: Employers, Graduate Programs, Medical Schools promotional image

Science & Health Connections Fair: Employers, Graduate Programs, Medical Schools

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Students will explore and connect with:

Life science, health science & sustainability companies

Internship/full-time positions

Graduate and service programs and medical schools

Research and volunteer opportunities

Check-in at International Ballroom Lobby in Iowa Memorial Union.

Bring your Student ID, copies of your resume and dress for success!

Police as Allies: Protester Perceptions and Cooperation in South Korea's Candlelight Protests promotional image

Police as Allies: Protester Perceptions and Cooperation in South Korea's Candlelight Protests

Thursday, October 15, 2026 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Virtual
Join the Korean Studies Research Network (KoRN) for a virtual lecture by sociologist Dr. Junghyun Nam exploring the relationship between protesters and police during South Korea's 2016-17 Candlelight Protests.
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Past colloquia events

2024-2025

John Doershuk, PhD

A Community-inspired (and Energized) Mastodon Excavation in Southern Iowa
Friday, January 31, 2025
2:30 pm, 27 Macbride Hall

Aaron Seaman, PhD

Friday, December 6, 2024
2:30 p.m., 27 Macbride Hall

Dr. Margaret Beck

The Geology of Color - Red Pigment in the Midcontinent
Friday, September 20, 2024
2:30 pm, 27 Macbride Hall (ground floor)
17 N. Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA

2023-2024

2022-2023

Anna Žabicka

University of Vienna
Aging & Care in Latvia
Friday, April 7, 2023

Tatjana Thelen

University of Vienna
Transforming Kinship and State: Care as Boundary Object
Friday, March 24, 2023
2:30 pm, 1117 UCC

Andrew Kitchen

The Human Geography of Viruses
Friday, February 24, 2023
2:30 pm, 27 Macbride Hall