Audrey Tran Lam, MPH, will discuss her work with the University of Northern Iowa Center for Energy & Environmental Education's Environmental Health Program, including the Farming for Public Health and Good Neighbor Iowa initiatives, hans-joachim-lehmler@uiowa.edu

Vcologies (Victorian Ecologies Today) is an interdisciplinary, international collective of scholars committed to the environmental humanities, the energy humanities, and other ecology-focused approaches.

Vcologies 2026 

Friday, Sept. 25: Gerber Lounge (304 EPB)

9-10:30 a.m.: Session One: Energy 

Siobhan Carroll, “Equiano and the Fishes: Romantic Energy Systems and Slavery at Sea” 

Devin Griffiths, “; Or, the Whale” 

Michael Tondre, “Aesthetic Disfiguration: A Short History of Bitumen, Reynolds to Hunt...

Vcologies (Victorian Ecologies Today) is an interdisciplinary, international collective of scholars committed to the environmental humanities, the energy humanities, and other ecology-focused approaches.

Vcologies 2026 

Friday, Sept. 25: Gerber Lounge (304 EPB)

9-10:30 a.m.: Session One: Energy 

Siobhan Carroll, “Equiano and the Fishes: Romantic Energy Systems and Slavery at Sea” 

Devin Griffiths, “; Or, the Whale” 

Michael Tondre, “Aesthetic Disfiguration: A Short History of Bitumen, Reynolds to Hunt...

🎓 From PhD to Medical Writing: Hear from Neuroscience Alumnus Timothy Skog, PhD ('23)

What can you do with a PhD beyond the lab? Come hear from Timothy Skog, PhD ('23), a University of Iowa Neuroscience Graduate Program alumnus, who will be sharing his experience building a career in regulatory medical writing.

As part of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Career Development Series, Dr. Skog will present:

“Regulatory Medical Writing: Career, Skills & Opportunities”

Dr. Skog is currently a Seni...

PLEASE NOTE: This event will be held at 7:00 PM CST, instead of 6:00 PM CST.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has its upcoming FY27 grant deadline this November. IMLS Senior Program Officer Jill Connors-Joyner will provide an overview of the FY27 funding opportunities, application requirements, and application tips. She will then answer your questions about the application process.

Submit your question ahead of time to have it included in Jill's FAQ list for this session!

Jill...

University of Iowa junior faculty and graduate students at all stages are invited to join Walter Biggins—editor-in-chief at the University of Pennsylvania Press—for a light breakfast and a conversation about turning an article, thesis, or dissertation into a book on Tuesday, Oct. 6, from 9–10:30 a.m. at the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies library. Please bring any questions you have about that process or about scholarly publishing in general.

Register by Wednesday, September 30.

Biggins is...

Alejandro Comellas Freymond, MD, Director, Clinical Research Support, Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) and Heath Davis, MS, PMP FAMIA, Associate Director for Biomedical Informatics, at the University of Iowa will discuss the AllOfUs Research Workbench Training program.

The All of Us Research Program is building a dataset to help transform the future of health research by equipping researchers with expansive health data shared by a diverse participant cohort. The All of Us...