November Events

  • November 2018

Open Access: Policies, Publishers, and Predators

Monday, November 5, 2018, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Open Access to scientific literature is one of the most hotly debated topics in scholarly publishing. This workshop will provide an overview of what scientists need to know when making their research open access. We will cover the basics of what we mean by open access, how open access relates to the NIH Public Access policy, open access journals in the biomedical sciences, predatory publishing scams, and best practices for evaluating your open access options.

AMWA Interest Group Workshop

Monday, November 5, 2018, 5:00pm to 7:50pm

Anatomy Tutor Group

Monday, November 5, 2018, 5:30pm to 7:20pm

Anatomy Tutoring Group

Monday, November 5, 2018, 6:00pm to 7:50pm

Step 1 Tutor Group

Monday, November 5, 2018, 6:00pm to 7:50pm

Foundations Tutor Group

Monday, November 5, 2018, 6:00pm to 7:50pm

Anatomy Tutor Group

Monday, November 5, 2018, 6:00pm to 6:50pm

Pediatric Interest Group - Speed Dating Event

Monday, November 5, 2018, 6:00pm to 8:00pm

USMLE Step 1 Study Group

Monday, November 5, 2018, 6:30pm to 8:20pm

Step 1 Tutoring Group

Monday, November 5, 2018, 7:00pm to 8:50pm

Step 1 Tutor Group

Monday, November 5, 2018, 7:00pm to 8:50pm

A Q&A with the Creative Team Behind Iphigenia Point Blank

Monday, November 5, 2018, 7:00pm to 8:00pm

For our second installment of the 18-19 Hancher @ the Pentacrest Museums Series, join Iphigenia Point Blank: Story of the First Refugee collaborators Lisa Schlesinger (playwright), Marion Schoevaert (director), Kinan Azmeh كنان العظمة (composer), George de la Pena (choreographer), and Layale Chaker (violinist), for a conversation about their project, which will premiere in the UI Theatre Building this November....

Undergraduate Mentorship Program Trivia Night

Monday, November 5, 2018, 7:00pm to 8:00pm

Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 10:00am to 11:00am

EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you to easily gather together your references in one place, organize them, and then insert them into papers and format them in a style of your choosing. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class will be hands-on and there will be time for questions at the end.

Cancelled - Pharmacology Postdoctoral Workshop - Anand Nair, Ph.D.

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 10:30am to 11:30am

Presented by Anand Nair, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Curt Sigmund's lab

Pharmacology Seminar - Songhai Chen, M.D., Ph.D.

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 10:30am to 11:30am

"Targeting GPCR Signaling as New Therapeutics in Cancer" Presented by Songhai Chen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Internal Medicine The University of Iowa Iowa City, IA

Molecular Medicine Student Seminar

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 11:30am to 12:30pm

"Molecular Mechanisms of Skeletal Muscle Atrophy" - George Marcotte (Adam Lab) "Generation of a helper-dependent adenoviral vector to assess the immune response to transduction in the inner ear" - Kara Misel (Young Lab) "Channel Function of Polycystic Kidney Disease PKD2 Protein" - Zishan Zhang (Huang Lab)

CCOM Student Government Activities Committee Meeting

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 12:00pm to 12:50pm

Negotiation for Graduate Students

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 12:00pm

Dr. Amy Kristof-Brown will present Negotiation for Graduate Students.  Dr. Kristof-Brown is a professor of Management and senior associate dean at Henry B. Tippie Research.  Sponsored by the Association of Multicultural Scientists.  

Biochemistry Workshop: Ernesto Fuentes, PhD

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Dr. Ernesto Fuentes Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry University of Iowa

Immunology Seminar: Dr. Jacob Kohlmeier

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 3:00pm to 4:00pm

"The Rise and Fall of Lung Resident T cell Memory" Presented by Jacob Kohlmeier, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA Hosted by Kevin Legge, PhD Co-Sponsored by the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Center for Immunology and Immune Based Diseases

Foundations/MOHD I Tutor Group

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 4:00pm to 5:50pm

Foundations/MOHD I Tutor Group

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 4:00pm to 6:50pm

Anatomy Tutor Group

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 5:00pm to 6:50pm

Anatomy Tutor Group

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 5:00pm to 6:50pm

AMWA Meeting

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 5:00pm to 6:50pm

Anatomy Tutor Group

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 5:30pm to 6:50pm

Step 1 Tutor Group

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 6:00pm to 7:50pm

Foundations/MOHD I Tutor Group

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 6:00pm to 7:50pm

Global Medicine Society Trivia Night

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 7:00pm to 8:50pm

Hardin Open Workshops - Hardin 101

Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 11:00am to 12:00pm

This course will cover how to search for Hardin Library resources including books and journals and how to request materials not owned by the libraries. Participants will also be introduced to our available databases, subject guides, and services. Optional tour of library spaces after session. This course can be tailored to meet the needs of a particular group.

Oncology Interest Group

Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 12:00pm to 12:50pm

Integrative Medicine Interest Group

Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 12:00pm to 12:50pm

Social Justice Brown Bag: Where do we go after an election?

Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

"Where Do We Go After an Election? A World Café Conversation"...

Bean Community - Homelessness Awareness Week

Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 12:00pm to 12:50pm

Interventional Radiology Student Group

Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 12:00pm to 12:50pm

Anatomy & Cell Biology Seminar

Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 1:00pm

Anatomy & Cell Biology Wednesday Seminar, Speaker Ling Yang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa  "Endocrine effect of organelle stress response on maintaining metabolic homeostasis”

HawkIRB Workshop: How to Complete a HawkIRB New Project Application, Part 2

Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 1:30pm to 3:00pm

Part 2 includes:  Sections VII-XII of the form Attachments Workflow Registration is requested at https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bC6JvWNETcEjQjz. 

Engaging Employees for Effective Performance

Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 2:00pm to 4:00pm

(For Supervisors only) This interactive workshop discusses: 1.) Employee Engagement 2.) How to Provide Constructive Feedback 3.) How to Measure and Assess Performance. You will leave this session understanding how performance management impacts employee engagement, you will be better equipped to discuss performance with your team, and you will have an increased comfort level when assessing your team's performance and delivering performance reviews.

Hubbard Scholars

Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 6:30pm to 7:30pm

What is the Hubbard Scholars? As a group of men affiliated with the University of Iowa as students, staff, and faculty, we seek to follow the legacy of Phillip G. Hubbard, the first tenured African American professor at the University of Iowa. In case you are unfamiliar with who we are and what we do, our goal is to offer programming, events, and services that meet three important objectives: 1) To foster a more inclusive community of learning and support for Black men, 2) To provide...

Step 1 Tutor Group

Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 7:00pm to 7:50pm

Step 1 Tutor Group

Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 7:00pm to 8:50pm

Foundations Tutor Group

Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 7:00pm to 8:50pm

Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed

Thursday, November 8, 2018, 10:00am to 11:00am

PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to the medical literature and includes over 26 million bibliographic citations in life sciences. This one-hour session will show you how to improve your search results by using subject headings (MeSH) and advanced keyword searching techniques.

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Jerrold Turner

Thursday, November 8, 2018, 10:30am to 11:30am

"Stemming the tide: Mechanisms and impact of mucosal barrier regulation" Dr. Jerrold Turner Professor Department of Pathology Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard University Host: Dr. Ernesto Fuentes

Almuerzo (‘Brown Bag’) y conversación en español

Thursday, November 8, 2018, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Almuerzo (‘Brown Bag’) y conversación en español ¿A usted le gusta hablar en su primer idioma? ¿Desea practicar su español (de principiante a nivel avanzado) en una atmósfera informal y agradable? ¡Entonces le invitamos cordialmente a que traiga su almuerzo para Almuerzo y Conversación en español a la Biblioteca Hardin! ...

Hardin Open Workshops - Systematic Reviews: Nuts & Bolts of a Systematic Review

Thursday, November 8, 2018, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

This class will provide a framework for developing a literature search for a systematic review. Topics will include the following: standards and criteria to consider, establishing a plan, registering a protocol, developing a research question, determining where to search, identifying search terms, reporting search strategies, and managing references.  

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds

Thursday, November 8, 2018, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Trauma Informed Care Initiative at Montefiore Medical Center by Miguelina Germán, PhD

First-Generation Student Social for Graduate & Professional Students and Postdocs

Thursday, November 8, 2018, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

This is an opportunity for first-generation graduate and professional students and postdocs to gather and network with one another and to discuss how first-generation status impacts their student experiences and studies.  Free pizza provided.  RSVP bit.ly/FirstGenUIowa Co-sponsored by the Graduate College and the Carver College of Medicine Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Wilderness Medicine Interest Group

Thursday, November 8, 2018, 12:00pm to 12:50pm