The UI Retirees Association is a co-sponsor of this talk, along with the UI Center for Human Rights, Organization of Women Law Students,  and Women of Color Coalition. UIRA Program Committee host is President-elect Lois Cox, lois-cox@uiowa.edu.

Professor Jean Jew and attorney and author Carolyn Chalmers will dis-cuss the sexual harassment suit against the UI’s College of Medicine that unfolded over eight years (1983-1992), including a university investigation, federal trial, and a state court...

Campus Building Update and Bus Tour – Spots Full

The Campus Building Update and Bus Tour with Rod Lehnertz will take place on Tuesday, April 8, at 10:30 a.m. at Bump’s Restaurant (1380 Melrose Ave., Iowa City). Attendees will meet at Bump’s starting at 10:00 a.m. to board the bus.

During the hour-long tour, Rod Lehnertz will discuss various UI campus projects as part of the 10-year Facilities Master Plan. As Senior Vice President for Finance and Operations and University Architect, Lehnertz...

Theater in the Corridor will take place on Tuesday, March 11, at 1 p.m. at Riverside Theatre, located at 119 E. College St. (entrance on the Pedestrian Mall). Light refreshments will be served.

Riverside Theatre's Producing Artistic Director Adam Knight will lead a panel discussion of theater professionals from the Cedar Rapids/Coralville/Iowa City area. Panel members will touch on types of theater organizations and theatrical performances in the Corridor, as well as the joys and challenges of...

This lecture traces Professor Trachsel's studies on cross-species communication from analyses of ape language research in the early 2000’s to investigation of other interspecies language types, such as horse whispering and the telepathy professed by animal communicators. Her current research on human-wild animal relationships has entailed wolf-tracking in Yellowstone, a “women and wolves” workshop in the Boundary Waters, observation of feral horses out west, and visits to wildlife "encounter"...

Post-event follow-up: Watch a video of the Feb 11 event. 

Clark Buelt, wealth management advisor with TIAA Financial Services, will talk with us about financial decisions retirees make, some of the options open to us, and considerations that might influence our choices. He will draw on his experience working with university retirees, but his remarks will also have a general application. There will be time for questions toward the end of the presentation. Clark would also welcome questions...

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Dr. Barbara J. Wilson is the 22nd president of the University of Iowa. She earned a BA in journalism and MA and PhD degrees in communication arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She came to Iowa having served as the executive vice president/vice president for academic affairs of the University of Illinois System.

Prior to that, she served in several administrative positions, including interim chancellor, at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign...

Post-event follow-up: Watch a video of the Nov 21 event. 

Earlier this year, the Stanley Museum of Art became the first museum in North America to return objects in its permanent collection looted by the British from the Benin Kingdom in 1897, directly to the Oba of Benin. The formal restitution took place on July 15, 2024, at the Oba’s Palace in Benin City, Nigeria. Museum Director Lauren Lessing and Curator of African Art Cory Gundlach will discuss the ethical, cultural, and practical...

The internet mews, barks, growls, and hisses with alleged evidence of cross-species attachment. These stories — from Genesis to Victorian animal painter Edwin Landseer’s narrative paintings to the latest videos and memes — entice audiences with the promise that we can bridge and bond across species difference. But they also document what it costs animals for humans to be near them. 

~ Sponsored by the Emeritus Faculty Council and the Office of the Provost ~

The holidays are approaching quickly! UIRA members with children on their gift lists may be wondering what books those children might enjoy. Angela Pilkington of the Iowa City Public Library and Molly Roberts of Prairie Lights Books will discuss what’s new, what’s popular, and what’s exciting now in children’s literature.

Angela Pilkington has served as the Children’s Services coordinator at the Iowa City Public Library since June 2015 and is responsible for the Children’s Room, including...

This talk will give an overview of three research initiatives that use VR technology. First, a series of studies that used large screen pedestrian and bicycling simulators to examine how two people coordinate their decisions and actions when crossing a stream of traffic. The studies reveal the powerful influence that others have on how we make consequential decisions in performing routine but potentially dangerous activities. Second, a series of studies looking at how mobile technology can help...