The immune system normally detects and destroys bacteria and cells infected with viruses. However, cancer cells are able to avoid destruction by the immune system. Basic research exploring how cancer cells and the immune system interact has led to the development of new drugs and treatment modalities that use the power of the immune system to treat cancer. Dr. Weiner will review the successes, challenges, and opportunities related to using the immune system to treat cancer.

George Weiner is C...

Participants will alternate tours of the photo studio and Iowa Ceramics Center. If you would like an immersive experience, for a $25 fee, there is a 45-minute opportunity to use a pottery wheel. Participants will learn how to pull up a small cup or bowl. Clay will be returned at the end of the session. Reservation required and payment to be made directly to the Iowa Ceramics Center on the day. A map to the venue will be sent to participants. If you wish to car-pool, please indicate your interest...

Join the Explorers Walking Group on the Next Outing

When: Wednesday, Nov. 1, 10 a.m.

Where: Tom Harkin Trailhead/Clear Creek Greenbelt, 718 Camp Cardinal Blvd., Coralville, IA 52241

Please RSVP to either Alice Atkinson (amatkinson@mchsi.com) or Lesanne Fliehler (lesanne-fliehler@uiowa.edu) so we know you're planning to attend the walk. For location map and additional details: https://www.coralville.org/Facilities/Facility/Details/31.

Post-event follow-up: Watch a video of the Oct 25 event

You're invited to a livestream of the Dr. Lisa Schulte Moore lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 25—exclusively for Senior College students and their friends. 

Lisa Schulte Moore is a professor of natural resource ecology and management and co-director of the Bioeconomy Institute at Iowa State University and a MacArthur Fellow. Her research addresses the integration of continuous living cover into agricultural landscapes to promote access to new...

Post-event follow-up: A video is not available for the presentation. Here is a link to the slides. 

Sonatina Fernandes, senior UI HR specialist, Rebecca S. Olson, senior director of Benefits, and Anne Thurston, client consultant with Health Alliance Medical Plans, will present an overview of the 2023-24 UI health care enrollment options available to UI retirees.

Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, 1 p.m. via Zoom

Post-event follow-up: Watch a video of the Oct 16 event and View slides from the event

Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) counselors Gary Schwartz and Kevin Ward will clarify the distinction between traditional Medicare with Medigap and prescription drug supplements, in contrast to the all-inclusive Medicare Advantage plans. Gary has been a SHIIP counselor since 2006. Kevin is beginning his third year as a SHIIP counselor. They are trained to clearly present enrollment...

Welcome, everyone! We are happy to have a group of people signed up to participate in the Explorers special interest group.

Our first outing is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 10 a.m. at Kent Park (located 3 miles west of Tiffin on Highway 6). The walk around the lake is 1.4 miles. It's a circular path and easy to only walk part way and return to the parking area. Bring water to drink.

We will meet at the boat ramp/fishing area. Directions: There is a Y in the road just past the...

What happens when a mother and daughter with different political concerns discuss issues of race in America?

In 2015 on a visit home to Alabama, Patricia Foster and her mother argue over the riots in Ferguson, Missouri. This encounter becomes the catalyst for Foster’s visit to Africatown in Plateau, Alabama (40 miles from her hometown), where the last American slave ship, the Clotilda, arrived in 1860 after the U.S. had abolished the international slave trade in 1808. 

What Foster discovers...

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

Our next program will be a TRAIL of Johnson County: Helping Older Adults Age in Place on Thursday, Sept. 21 at 1 p.m. via Zoom. Our speaker will be Bob Untiedt. Johnson County, like many places, is aging. In the next seven years, over 20% of the population will be over 65. For older adults who want to age in place, TRAIL (Tools and Resources for Active, Independent Living) may be the answer. Learn how this important resource for seniors...

Post-event follow-up: Watch a video of the Sep 6 event. 

Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague will discuss the state of Iowa City, what’s new and what has changed during his time as mayor.

Bruce Teague is serving his second two-year term as mayor. He moved to Iowa City from Chicago when he was 17 years old and graduated from West High. He graduated in 2002 from Kirkwood Community College with an associate’s degree in applied science in nursing. Mayor Teague is also a 2001 graduate of the University of...