SEES Grad Defense: Jalissa Pirro - Masters Defense - "Quantifying Early-Season Miscanthus × giganteus Spatiotemporal Patterns Using High-Resolution UAS LIDAR"

Friday, July 17, 2026 9:00am
University of Iowa Main Library

LIB 3083

The general audience will be invited to leave after the presentation and Q & A session.

Title: Quantifying Early-Season Miscanthus × giganteus Spatiotemporal Patterns Using High-Resolution UAS LIDAR

Abstract: Perennial bioenergy crops are increasingly important for sustainable biomass production, with Miscanthus x giganteus (M×g) standing out for its high yield potential. Unlike annual row crops, perennials regrow each year from belowground rhizomes and spread unevenly across a field...

SEES Grad Defense: Joshua Laird - PhD Defense - "Ordovician trilobite communities: End-Ordovician mass extinction beta diversity collapse, habitat occupancy dynamics, and insights from the Eleanor River Formation (Floian) fauna of Canada"

Friday, July 17, 2026 10:00am
Trowbridge Hall

7/17: 10:00AM - 1PM, 231 TH (Trowbridge Hall)

Title: Ordovician trilobite communities: End-Ordovician mass extinction beta diversity collapse, habitat occupancy dynamics, and insights from the Eleanor River Formation (Floian) fauna of Canada

Abstract: Trilobites (extinct marine arthropods) reached peak diversity during the Ordovician, when the group was divided into the Ibex and Whiterock evolutionary faunas. During the Early to early-Middle Ordovician, species of these faunas occupied habitats...

SEES Grad Defense: Brittany Stolfus - PhD Defense - "Stable Isotope and K-Bentonite Geochemistry of the Ireviken Biogeochemical Event from Gotland, Sweden"

Monday, July 20, 2026 10:00am
Trowbridge Hall

231 TH

The general audience will be invited to leave after the presentation and Q & A session.

Title: Stable Isotope and K-Bentonite Geochemistry of the Ireviken Biogeochemical Event from Gotland, Sweden

Abstract: The Silurian Period (approximately 444 to 419 million years ago) contains at least seven major biogeochemical events in Earth history that consist of an extinction event and perturbation to the global carbon cycle. The most extensively studied of these events known as the Ireviken...

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Art & Write Night

Friday, August 7, 2026 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.

Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.

Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session and...

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Art & Write Night

Friday, September 4, 2026 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.

Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.

Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session and...

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All Majors Career Fair

Thursday, September 24, 2026 11:00am to 4:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

This job and internship fair will focus on recruiting students in ALL MAJORS! Typically about 100+ employers attend and 1,000+ students attend!

Visit careers.uiowa.edu/all-majors-career-fair for more details.

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Art & Write Night

Friday, October 2, 2026 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.

Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.

Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session and...

Science & Health Connections Fair: Employers, Graduate Programs, Medical Schools

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Students will Explore + Connect with:

Life science, health science & sustainability companies

Internship/full-time positions

Graduate and service programs and medical schools

Research and volunteer opportunities

Check-in at International Ballroom Lobby in Iowa Memorial Union.

Bring your Student ID, copies of your résumé and Dress for Success!

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Art & Write Night

Friday, December 4, 2026 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.

Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.

Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session and...

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