Arts and Humanities Initiative (AHI) Unveiled: Insights and Opportunities
Event Information
The Research Development Office is hosting a virtual information session on Wednesday, Sep. 16, from 11 a.m. to noon. Join us virtually to learn about the Arts and Humanities Initiative (AHI) program, hear from past reviewers, and have your questions answered.
This event is an introduction to this cycle's AHI program. Click here to learn more about this information session, and click here to learn more about AHI. Please note: attendance is encouraged but not required to apply to...
Introduction to Implementation Science with Dr. Heather Reisinger
Intro to Networks in R with Dr. Elizabeth Menninga
Application Deadline: Book Ends, Obermann Book Completion Workshop
Books Ends supports University of Iowa faculty from disciplines in which publishing a monograph is required for tenure and promotion. The award is designed to assist UI faculty members of all ranks and with significant research responsibilities to turn promising manuscripts into important, field-changing, published books.
Book Ends brings together a panel of senior scholars for a candid, constructive three-hour virtual workshop on a faculty member’s book manuscript. The award provides a $500...
Intro to Programming Using Python with Stella Yang
Introduction to Spatial Data Science with Jinyi Cai
Registration Deadline: Junior Faculty and Graduate Student Session with Walter Biggins, Obermann Editor-in-Residence
University of Iowa junior faculty and graduate students at all stages are invited to join Walter Biggins—editor-in-chief at the University of Pennsylvania Press—for a light breakfast and a conversation about turning an article, thesis, or dissertation into a book on Tuesday, Oct. 6, from 9–10:30 a.m. at the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies library. Please bring any questions you have about that process or about scholarly publishing in general.
Register by Wednesday, September 30.
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Intermediate Spatial Data Science and GeoAI with Dr. Caglar Koylu
This workshop introduces concepts and methods in spatial statistics and GeoAI for analyzing such patterns and relationships. Participants will learn about spatial dependence, where nearby observations tend to be related, and spatial heterogeneity and non-stationarity, where relationships between variables vary across space. Through a hands-on case study, participants will use mapping and spatial statistical methods to identify these patterns.
The workshop will also introduce XGBoost as a machine-learning approach for modeling complex and nonlinear relationships and use SHAP (Shapley Additive Explanations) to interpret how different variables contribute to model predictions in the social, environmental, and health sciences.
Analyses will be conducted in Python using Google Colab. Some familiarity with quantitative data analysis and spatial data science is encouraged. Prior experience with machine learning or programming is not required.
UI Research Services Fair
About the Research Services Fair
The Research Services Fair connects faculty, postdocs, staff, and trainees with the many resources available to support research and scholarship at the University of Iowa. This year's event will be hosted at Kinnick Stadium.
Fair Attendees Will:
Learn about campus’ cutting-edge instruments and technology as well as many other services available in support of funding applications and research programs
Interact with centers, institutes, core facilities, and other...
Maximizing Pivot to Find Funding and Collaborators (October 2026)
Do you want to maximize your time spent searching for funding opportunities or potential project collaborators? Join us to learn how Pivot can save you time and effort in identifying the right funding opportunities for your research lines as well as identifying collaborators with the relevant expertise.
Register here. The RDO will send a calendar invitation and Zoom link upon registration.