Events

Iowa ReSpectacle Back to School Donation Drive

Thursday, August 27 to Wednesday, September 2, 2026 (all day)

Medical Education Research Facility

Donate used glasses to be recycled and redistributed across the globe during the back-to-school season! Drop-off locations are available from Aug. 24 to Sept. 25 across the University of Iowa campuses and clinics.

Intramural Spikeball Registration Closes

Thursday, August 27, 2026 8:00am to 11:59pm

Virtual

Spikeball Registration Closes

Intramural Kan Jam Registration Closes

Thursday, August 27, 2026 8:00am to 11:59pm

Virtual

Kan Jam

Fraternity and Sorority Life Fun Fair

Thursday, August 27, 2026 4:00pm to 7:00pm

Hubbard Park

The FSL Fun Fair is an annual fall semester event put on by the community to celebrate the beginning of the new academic year and meet new students who are interested in joining a fraternity or sorority.

Exhibition Opening Reception and Artist Talk by Ibrahima Thiam

Thursday, August 27, 2026 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Stanley Museum of Art

Join us for an opening reception for the concurrent exhibitions, Portraiture & Archives in African Photography and Maam Njaré: Goddess of Water.

Featured artist and co-curator of the exhibitions, Ibrahima Thiam will give a short presentation, followed by a Q&A session. Refreshments will be provided.

This program is free and open to all.

Caption: Untitled work from the Portraits "Vintage" series, 2017. Inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper. 39 11/16 x 31 1/4 inches. Loan from the Eskenazi Museum of Art...