News and Announcements

Join the UI Lecture Committee!

Monday, April 10, 2023
Applications are now open to all graduate and undergraduate students for the University of Iowa Lecture Committee!

Sarah Chayes: How Corruption Spawns International Crises, Not Least of Which Is Ukraine

Friday, September 9, 2022
The Public Policy Center is pleased to host Sarah Chayes, internationally recognized expert on corruption and its implications. Her career has led from reporting from Paris for National Public Radio to running a soap factory in downtown Kandahar, Afghanistan during a burgeoning insurgency.

More Lectures on Campus: A Look Into The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History

Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Join the Ul One Health Student Group via Zoom on April 12th at 6:00 PM CST to hear from the curators of the Smithsonian's exhibit "Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World"

More Lectures on Campus: John A. List

Wednesday, March 2, 2022
John A. List is the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, and has served as chief economist for Uber and Lyft.

ULC Cosponsors Amilcar Shabazz & Clenora Hudson-Weems

Monday, October 11, 2021
Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting ProfessorsSponsored by African American Studies and the University Lecture Committee Amilcar Shabazz - Advancing DemocracyAfrican Americans and the Struggle For Access and Equality in Higher Education Date: October 27th, 6pm Location: Shambaugh Library Clenora Hudson-Weems - Africana WomanismNobel Laureate Toni Morrison as a Model Africana Womanist Archivist for Social…

Regarding the Bill Nye Distinguished Lecture Series Event

Monday, October 11, 2021
Due to a scheduling conflict, Bill Nye has postponed his lecture at the University of Iowa. A new date will be announced soon. UI students who already have tickets should keep them as they will be honored for the new date.

The University of Iowa Lecture Committee’s Statement on Police Violence

Friday, June 12, 2020
As a committee endowed with the responsibility to engage our campus in thoughtful discussion of issues affecting our community and nation as a whole, the University of Iowa Lecture Committee (UILC) would like to state our unequivocal support of protesters who have spurred forward the national conversation about systemic racism…