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RodCon is a mini-comic book convention with a welcoming environment where people with common interests come together to share their love of all things pop culture. This will be the ninth year for our event, and we hope this year will continue to be bigger and even better. The event is always free and open to the public and highlights guest speakers, artists, vendors, trivia competitions, youth and adult costume contests, prizes, giveaways, video gaming, live-action role-playing, youth crafts, and much more! The RodCon strives to present diverse perspectives and offer opportunities for discussion and idea-sharing.
The UNI Suzuki School will present their bi-annual recital weekend. For more information, visit music.uni.edu/suzuki. This event is free and open to the public.
School of Music instructor of music education Michelle Swanson will coordinate this workshop. For more information, contact Michelle.Swanson@uni.edu.
From the studio of Vakhtang Kodanashvili, music student Morgan List will offer a piano recital. This event is free and open to the public.
Biscotti Brass, featuring music students Megan Bennett, trumpet, Kate McAlister, trumpet, Morgan Stumpf, horn, Owen Weimer, trombone, and Mason Bush, tuba, will offer a shared spring recital with Bells Brass, featuring music students Abigail Holschlag, trumpet, Dora Roorda, trumpet, JD Deninger, horn, Jackson Elliott, trombone, and Aidan Anderson, tuba. This event is free and open to the public.
The UNI Faculty Saxophone Quartet will present a recital with repertoire and collaborators to be announced. This event is free and open to the public.
International Student Hangout will be located in WRC at the Rock Wall.
Join Office of International Engagement for coffee hour in collaboration with the Office of Gender and Sexuality Services.
Part of the RSP training series - Final accounting is the financial reconciliation of your sponsored project, which helps you take a "final look" at your project and all the expenses related to your project.
Show your Panther Pride by wearing purple and gold!
View the evening sky at the UNI Observatory. Constellations and other interesting objects in the night sky will be pointed out, and objects may also be viewed through the UNI telescope. Meet before 9 PM outside of MSH 137, near the polar bear. The event starts promptly and there is no admission for late arrivals. Electronic devices, such as cameras, smart phones, etc, must not be used during the show. No food, or drink is allowed. This event is free and open to the public.
From the studio of Daniel Swilley, music student Yiyang Cheng will offer a composition recital. This event is free and open to the public.
The UNI Concert Band will present its spring concert. This event is free and open to the public.
The UNI School of Music Emerging Artist Competition Finals concert is a great opportunity to get involved in the music education of our students. This showcase features talented student finalists competing for the Charles and Marleta Matheson Award, the Fullerton-Curtis Award, the Myron and Ruth Russell Award and the People's Choice Award. This event is free and open to the public.
Quantum computing – and how it’s revolutionizing our world – is the focus of this year’s Begeman Lecture in Physics at the University of Northern Iowa.
The lecture, titled “Building a Quantum Computer, One Atom at a Time,” will be presented by UNI Department of Physics alum Justin Bohnet on Wednesday, April 3 at 7 p.m. in the Lang Hall Auditorium.The event is free and open to the public.
Bohnet is the Research & Development Manager at Quantinuum – a quantum computing company whose mission is to accelerate quantum computing and use its power to achieve unprecedented breakthroughs in drug discovery, healthcare, materials science, cybersecurity, energy transformation, and climate change.
In this lecture, Bohnet will share his personal journey from a student at UNI to building the world’s most powerful quantum computers, powered by control over single atoms. Along the way, you’ll get a crash course on quantum computers – what they are, how they work, and why we’re standing on the brink of a technological revolution that will let us explore uncharted territories of science and technology.
Mark Bayer, Ph.D., professor of English at the University of Texas at San Antonio, will give the public lecture “Romeo and Juliet and the Invention of the Arabic Cultural Consumer,” on Shakespeare—specifically the first Arabic production of a Shakespeare play.
Bayer is the author of Theatre, Community, and Civic Engagement in Jacobean London, a finalist for the 2012 Freedley award, and editor of Shakespeare and Civil Unrest in Britain and the United States.
This event is sponsored by the North American Review.
Join the Graduate College in the Union Ballroom and paint a pot in celebration of Graduate appreciation week!