College of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences

Bach at Easter with WCFSO Soloists

Sat, 04/06/2013 - 7:30pm

Enliven your Easter season with the incredible talent of your own WCFSO principals and the UNI Cantorei. Featuring music from J.S. Bach’s Easter cantatas and his first Brandenburg Concerto, this program showcases Bach’s transcendent genius and brings the vivid musical history of Easter to life.

There’s also an extra Easter surprise: the area premiere of a “New Brandenburg Concerto,” Aaron Jay Kernis’ Concerto with Echoes, a fascinating and playful exploration of the Baroque aesthetic

Location: 
Great Hall, Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center
Contact Information
Name: 
Ticket Office
Phone: 
(319) 273-4849

1365294600

Suzuki Recital Weekend

Sat, 04/06/2013 (All day) - Sun, 04/07/2013 (All day)

The UNI Suzuki School will present their bi-annual recital weekend. This event is free and open to the public.

Location: 
Russell Hall
Contact Information
Name: 
Caroline Boehmer
Phone: 
(319) 273-2028

1365310800

Spotlight Series: Jazz Band One

Fri, 04/05/2013 - 7:30pm

Under the direction of conductor Chris Merz, the UNI Jazz Band One will offer a spring concert as part of the Spotlight Series. Repertoire, guests and soloists will be announced at the event. This event is ticketed. For tickets, call 319-273-4TIX.

Location: 
Bengtson Auditorium, Russell Hall
Contact Information
Name: 
Caroline Boehmer
Phone: 
(319) 273-2028

1365208200

Observatory Show

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 9:00pm - 10:00pm

View the evening sky from the UNI observatory located on the roof of McCollum Science Hall. Meet near the polar bear outside of room 137 before 9 p.m. to be escorted to the roof. The event goes forward regardless of the weather. Potential targets for viewing through the telescope include the Orion Nebula and Jupiter.

Location: 
Room 137, McCollum Science Hall
Contact Information
Name: 
Siobahn Morgan
Email: 
Phone: 
(319) 273-2389

1365130800

Chemistry and Biochemistry Department Seminar

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Ernesto Fuentes, Ph.D., from the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Iowa, will present "Ph.D. in Bio/Chemistry:  A Great Foundation for Diverse Careers."

Location: 
Room 201, McCollum Science Hall
Contact Information
Name: 
Dr. William Harwood
Phone: 
(319) 273-2052

1365112800

Spotlight Series: Northern Iowa Wind Symphony

Wed, 04/03/2013 - 7:30pm

Under the direction of UNI School of Music professor and conductor Ronald Johnson, the Northern Iowa Wind Symphony will offer a spring concert as part of the Spotlight Series. This event is ticketed. For tickets, call (319) 273-4TIX.

Location: 
Great Hall, GBPAC
Contact Information
Name: 
Caroline Boehmer
Phone: 
(319) 273-2028

1365035400

Physics Colloquium

Wed, 04/03/2013 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Christopher Stark, Ph.D., Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow will present "Finding the Needle in the Haystack: How Exozodiacal Dust May Obscure Images of Extrasolar Earth-like Planets."

Location: 
Room 114, Begeman Hall
Contact Information
Name: 
Becky Adams

1365026400

Faculty Artist Recital: Chris Buckholz, trombone

Tue, 04/02/2013 - 7:30pm

UNI School of Music faculty artist Chris Buckholz will present a trombone recital. This event is free and open to the public.

Location: 
Bengtson Auditorium, Russell Hall
Contact Information
Name: 
Caroline Boehmer
Phone: 
(319) 273-2028

1364949000

Film Screening" "The White Rose"

Tue, 04/02/2013 - 7:00pm - 9:15pm

"The White Rose" (1983), directed by Michael Verhoeven, is about the most important student non-violent resistance effort in Nazi Germany. This film is being shown in conjunction with the "White Rose" traveling exhibit, which is on display at the Grout Museum of  History and Science in Waterloo March 1-May 11, as this year's collaboration between the UNI Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education and the Grout Museum. This film screening is free and open to the public.

Location: 
Room 20, Lang Hall
Contact Information
Name: 
Stephen Gaies
Email: 
Phone: 
(319) 273-3870

1364955300

Iowa Space Grant Consortium Speaker: Dirk Schulze-Makuch Habitable Worlds in our Solar System and Beyond

Tue, 04/02/2013 - 7:00pm
"Habitable Worlds in our Solar System and Beyond" will be presented by Dirk Schulze-Makuch as part of the Iowa Space Grant Consortium. 
Location: 
Lantz Auditorium, McCollum Science Hall

1364947200