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Ted Abel appointed president and provost distinguished fellow

Thursday, April 16, 2026
Ted Abel, professor and chair of the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and the Roy J. Carver Director of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute, has been appointed the university’s first president and provost distinguished fellow.

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Center for New Music Ensemble Concert IV

Sunday, April 19, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

This concert is free and open to the public.

Click here for program.

The Center for New Music will premiere new works by University of Iowa student composers.

More 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.

It's all part of #NewWorkCity, the spring initiative by #PerformingArtsAtIowa to highlight new work created by our talented graduate students in...

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Iowa men's golf hosts Hawkeye Invitational

Monday, April 20 to Tuesday, April 21, 2026 (all day)
Riverside Casino and Golf Resort
The Iowa men's golf team hosts the Hawkeye Invitational.
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Garlic Mustard Pull and Cleanup - Location and Activity Change

Monday, April 20, 2026 3:30pm to 5:30pm
Catlett Hall

Event Update: Garlic Mustard Pull → Bee Campus Garden Relocation

Thanks to the incredible work of volunteers over the past several years, garlic mustard populations on campus are much lower than expected this spring. As a result, we’re revising this event. Instead of a garlic mustard pull, volunteers will take part in a native plant relocation project. Participants will help dig up and carefully move native plants that are currently located in the footprint of an upcoming construction project...

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