Professor Jean Jew and Attorney Carolyn Chalmers “Fighting Racial & Sexual Harassment” Sponsors: UICHR, OWLSS, WOCC

The annual Iowa Human Rights Research Conference takes place on Saturday, April 12, 2025, at the University of Northern Iowa. The conference is hosted by the Iowa Network of Human Rights Academics and the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights. The call for student proposals will be posted in Fall 2024.  Registration details and conference schedule will be updated at: https://iowahumanrights.org/conference/conference-information

The UI Labor Center and the Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative will host the 2025 Labor and Climate Conference on Saturday, April 12 at the Iowa Memorial Union, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. The topics of focus for this event are rising heat, public health, and worker safety. National speakers will be featured, as well as breakout sessions on topics including: How rising heat impacts Iowans health and safety; Local and state laws and national policy initiatives to mitigate the effect of heat...

Join the Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative and the College of Law in welcoming Richard J. Lazarus, Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, for a talk about The Making of US Environmental Law - with a particular emphasis on the Midwest. Register here: https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6i1voCHMo2EjKNU

Doors open one hour prior to the start of the ceremony. Times, days, and locations are subject to change.

Join researchers in collecting, observing, and recording biodiversity at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory in our 5th Annual BioBlitz. Your findings will inform a major research project and will contribute to the fifth data point in a multi-year documentation of how diversity changes at this site over time. Collections will be housed with the UI Museum of Natural History. Registration is required + free. Sign up link is here: https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3RaoXgJhPGcbDTw