Upcoming Events
EFC Lecture: University of Iowa history as told through vignettes and in images of America, Iowa City
Insurance Updates
Date: Friday, October 16
Time: 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Location: Room 2520-D, University Capitol Centre (UCC), 200 South Capitol St., Iowa City, & via Zoom
👉 RSVP by October 13.
A light lunch will be available for in-person attendees starting at 12:00 p.m.
As health care open enrollment begins, Rebecca Olson, senior director of Benefits, University of Iowa Human Resources, will present an overview of the UI’s 2026–27 enrollment options available to UI retirees.
Kevin Ward, Senior Health Insurance Information...
Writing and Reading in Our City of Literature
Date: Monday, November 9
Time: 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Location: Room 2520-D, University Capitol Centre (UCC), 200 South Capitol St., Iowa City, & via Zoom
👉 RSVP by November 4.
Coffee and cookies will be available for in-person attendees starting at 12:00 p.m.
We all take pride in Iowa City's designation as a World City of Literature. So what's happening now with Iowa writers and Iowa-themed books? Professor Loren Glass, Department of English, and Prairie Lights Bookstore owner Jan Weissmiller will share...
Where Healing Meets the Herd: Human-Horse Interactions in Mental Health Care
Date: Thursday, November 19
Time: 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Location: Room 2520-D, University Capitol Centre (UCC), 200 South Capitol St., Iowa City, & via Zoom
👉RSVP by November 16.
Complimentary coffee and cookies will be available for in-person attendees beginning at 12:30 p.m.
In this talk, UI Professor Katy Schroeder will explore the human–animal bond and its potential to promote mental health and enhance counseling outcomes. Drawing on her research with therapy horses, she will share insights into this...
Planning and Writing Successful Grant Proposals in the Creative Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities Seminar
The Research Development Office is hosting an in-person grant writing seminar, Planning and Writing Successful Grant Proposals in the Creative Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities, that will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 13 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Thursday, Jan. 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the IMU. The seminar is presented by AtKisson Training Group.
This seminar will cover fundamental concepts of proposal planning and writing for the Arts and Humanities faculty backed by concrete...
Planning and Writing Successful Grant Proposals in the Creative Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities Seminar
The Research Development Office is hosting an in-person grant writing seminar, Planning and Writing Successful Grant Proposals in the Creative Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities, that will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 13 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Thursday, Jan. 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the IMU. The seminar is presented by AtKisson Training Group.
This seminar will cover fundamental concepts of proposal planning and writing for the Arts and Humanities faculty backed by concrete...
Note: Videos of past lectures may be available on the EFC Lecture Series page.
Past Events
EFC Lecture | American Art for the Public Good: Case Studies from a Career in Art History | Joni Kinsey, Professor Emerita, Art, Art History, and Design
EFC Lecture | Brass Quintet Music From the 16th to the 21st Centuries: A Concert with Commentary | Scott Vogelgesang, Professor Emeritus, Internal Medicine
EFC Lecture | Teaching Shakespeare on Zoom: Lessons and Learning | Miriam Gilbert, Professor Emerita, English
EFC Lecture | Academic Freedom: Implications of Recent Changes in Iowa Law and Rules from the Board of Regents - John Reitz, Law and Patricia Zebrowski, CLAS
EFC Lecture | Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro: A closer look at a masterwork - Stephen Swanson
EFC Lecture | Medical Directives: End-of-Life Planning and Decision Making - Len Sandler, JD
EFC Lecture Series: From Language History to History as it Happens: A Sociolinguist in the Migration Crisis - Mercedes Niño-Murcia
Professor Emerita Niño-Murcia will discuss big and small ways in which language politics generate and perpetuate North American inequalities.
EFC Lecture: Mary Trachsel - Going Feral: Animal Studies Scholarship in Retirement and Retrospect
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"...