Executive Vice President and Provost

It's easy to read about the Hunger Games, but do you actually have what it takes to survive the Hunger Games? Bring your blood-lust and your team and find out at Rod Library's UNI Hunger Games. Winning means free tickets to the Hunger Games movie. Losing means certain death.

Join us Friday afternoon for CommUNIty of Scholars. This is a great place for making connections and having informal discussions with colleagues about research, scholarship and creative activity. Enjoy refreshments while exploring ways to collaborate with others across campus.

Members of the UNI Cantorei, Wind Symphony and Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra will collaborate under the direction of conductor John Len Wiles to present Bach’s Jesus, nahm zu sich die Zwölfe, BWV 22. This event is free and open to the public.

For more details on specific locations of area auditions or times, contact the School of Music office at (319) 273-2024.

Visiting artist Hans Sturm will present a double bass recital with UNI faculty artist Polina Khatsko, piano. Double bassist Hans Sturm has performed as soloist, chamber, orchestral, jazz and improvisational musician throughout Europe, Asia, South America, Africa and the United States. Sturm received his doctorate from Northwestern University and is currently an Associate Professor and Chair of the String Department at Ball State University. This event is free and open to the public.

by Christopher Shinn

Directed by Richard Glockner 

In Dying City, a young therapist, Kelly, whose husband Craig was killed while on military duty in Iraq, is confronted a year later by his identical twin Peter, who suspects that Craig’s death was not accidental. Set in a downtown-Manhattan apartment after dark, scenes shift from the confrontation between Peter and Kelly, to Kelly’s complicated farewell with her husband Craig. Shinn’s disturbing, sophisticated drama—infused with references to 9/11 and the war in Iraq—explores how contemporary politics and recent history have transformed the lives of these three characters.

Planetarium shows at 7 and 8 p.m. lasting about 30 minutes each. Free and open to the the public.

Maquilapolis, or “the city of factories” is a documentary about female workers in Tijuana’s assembly factories called the maquiladoras. The film focuses on the personal stories and struggles of these women as they fight to better their living and working conditions.

Steven Shaffer, industrial hygienist for EMC Insurance Companies, will present "The Bad and the Ugly:  A Case for Chemical Management."

UNI School of Music faculty artist Matthew Andreini will present a percussion recital. This event is free and open to the public.