Speakerships

Spiker Memorial Lecture Series

A lecture series that honors the legacy of Professor Charles C. Spiker by bringing leaders in the field of developmental psychology to our department and campus.

Spence Lecture Series

A lecture series that honors the legacy of Professor Kenneth W. Spence by bringing leaders in the field of behavioral neuroscience to our department and campus.

Upcoming events

Events

Career Trek: Health, People, Policy & Community promotional image

Career Trek: Health, People, Policy & Community

Thursday, October 8, 2026 (all day)
Pomerantz Center

Thursday & Friday, Oct. 8–9

Join the Pomerantz Career Center for a two-day trek to the Twin Cities in Minnesota to explore the many sides of health care! Meet professionals, connect with Iowa alumni, explore a new city, and see just how many different ways a career in health care can make an impact.

Meet with:

Southside Community Health Services

State of Minnesota (Veteran Affairs, Public Safety, Human Services, Corrections, Management and Budget, & Children, Youth, and Family Services)

Register on...

Hawk-IDDRC Seminar Series featuring Maja Bucan, PhD: "Sleep and activity patterns in autism”  promotional image

Hawk-IDDRC Seminar Series featuring Maja Bucan, PhD: "Sleep and activity patterns in autism”

Friday, October 9, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building

Please join us for our first Hawk-IDDRC Seminar of the academic year, featuring: Maja Bućan, PhD.
Professor, Departments of Genetics and Psychiatry; Co-director, Autism Spectrum Program Of Excellence, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Lurie Autism Institute, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and PennMedicine
Presenting: "Sleep and activity patterns in autism” Friday, October 9, 2026, Noon – 1pm CST in the Kelch Conference Room (CBRB 1289)
Lunch will be available for those who...

Spiker Lecture: Karen Adolph, Ph.D. promotional image

Spiker Lecture: Karen Adolph, Ph.D.

Thursday, October 22, 2026 12:30pm to 1:50pm
Psychological and Brain Sciences Building
The Spiker Memorial Lecture honors Charles W. Spiker's influential research and educational leadership in the field of experimental child psychology. Following Spiker's death in 1993, his students and colleagues endowed this memorial lectureship to honor all that he stood for. Its purpose is to bring to Iowa today's outstanding minds in developmental psychology.
Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Katelin Scott promotional image

Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Katelin Scott

Monday, November 30, 2026 10:00am
Medical Education Research Facility

Katelin Scott is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Her research has been conducted in Aislinn Williams' laboratory.

If you are unable to attend in person, please consider showing your support and attending via Zoom. Please email britt-hokanson@uiowa.edu for the zoom link.

View more events