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Kevin Campbell, Lori Wallrath, Bob McMurray, and Michael Feiss

4 UI faculty named AAAS fellows for 2023

Thursday, April 18, 2024
Four Iowa faculty members—Kevin Campbell, Michael Feiss, Bob McMurray, and Lori Wallrath—have been named 2023 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general-scientific society. Read more about the work of these faculty members, who were among 502 fellows selected for the award from around the world.

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La Dame Blanche

Friday, April 19, 2024 7:00pm
Hancher Auditorium
TICKETS Adults $20 Students & Youth $10 Part of Hancher's 51st season Part of Club Hancher Yaite Ramos Rodriguez—who performs as La Dame Blanche—is the daughter of Jesús "Aguaje" Ramos, trombonist with both the Buena Vista Social Club and Afro-Cuban All Stars. But that pedigree only scratches the surface of her approach to music and life. The singer, flautist, and percussionist blends the Cuban music of her childhood with the sounds of hip-hop, dancehall, and cumbia, and plenty more. Her...

Faculty Chamber Concert: Iowa Brass Quintet

Friday, April 19, 2024 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Faculty Chamber Concert: Iowa Brass Quintet Michael Gause, trumpet Kevin Sells, trumpet Katy Ambrose, horn Jonathan Allen, trombone John Manning, tuba This concert is free and open to the public.  View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A31010
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In the Red and Brown Water

Friday, April 19, 2024 8:00pm
Theatre Building
In the Red and Brown Water By Tarell Alvin McCraney Directed by Caroline Clay San Pere, Louisiana: Oya runs fast, but her collegiate future is placed on hold to care for her mother. Inspired by Federico García Lorca’s Yerma and Yoruban cosmology, Tarell Alvin McCraney’s In the Red and Brown Water is a lyrical offering at the intersection of ancestral myth and ritual about a young woman’s coming-of-age navigating lovers, community, and her chosen path. Please be advised that this play...

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A solar eclipse is set to grace the skies of the United States on Monday, April 8. Watching a solar eclipse can be an extraordinary experience, but looking directly at the sun can seriously damage your eyes. Dr. Ian Han, ophthalmologist and retina specialist at the University of Iowa, shares these safety tips.

Westbound I-80 on-ramp at 242 to close for reconstruction

The on-ramp to westbound Interstate 80 will be closed from Tuesday, April 2, until mid-June.

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New rates proposed for UI parking permits beginning Aug. 1

To support the ongoing maintenance and improvement of parking facilities, University of Iowa Parking and Transportation is proposing modest rate increases for most parking permits beginning Aug. 1.

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