News

Please submit a news item about Theme Semester events, activities, and opportunities occurring on campus and throughout the state. News items can include newspaper articles, press releases, video links, photos, and more.

Uber co-founder to speak at Iowa

Posted on Wed, 01/25/2017 - 14:13

Oscar Salazar, a co-founder of Uber and now an independent entrepreneur, will share his perspective on entrepreneurship and technology in a talk to be held in the Main Lounge of the IMU on Monday, February 13 at 7:30 pm. The event is free and open to the public. The Tippie College’s Pearson Leadership Lecture Series and the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center are joining forces with the UI Lecture Committee and the UI Office of Outreach and Engagement to sponsor this event.

Social Justice Survives in a Trumpian World

Posted on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 09:35

Luvvie Ajayi, an experienced blogger and award-winning writer, presented the lecture “Speaking Truth to Power” as part of the University of Iowa Human Rights Week.

Educating In and For a Digital Age

Posted on Sat, 01/14/2017 - 00:00

Educating In and For a Digital Age: The Vast Waistline & Other Challenges to Education as We Knew It

Nicholas Johnson


4CAST - Campus Academic Strategies and Technology Conference
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
January 12, 2017

Listen to the recording here

UI theme semester takes on 'Our Lives Online'

Posted on Wed, 01/11/2017 - 00:00

"Our Lives Online," the University of Iowa’s 2017 theme semester about the internet and technology, will explore the global system of connectedness, networks and collaboration that, along with rapidly developing technology, is changing our lives and possibilities with almost incomprehensible speed. The internet is a source of information, promoting attention to the development, access, inter-disciplinary work and cultural participation that takes place on campus, across the state of Iowa and around the world. The internet is also a tool that lets us communicate at lightning speed.

Theme Semester 2017: Our Lives Online

Posted on Tue, 01/10/2017 - 00:00

The University of Iowa’s spring 2017 Theme Semester, Our Lives Online, is set to explore topics related to the Internet and technology.

Our Lives Online will look at how technological advancements have influenced the way we work and connect with the world around us. Numerous activities available to campus and community members will examine topics related to social media, trends in big data, and new and rapidly-changing technology.

'Our Lives Online' theme for UI spring semester, discuss how technology has changed our lives

Posted on Mon, 01/02/2017 - 00:00

IOWA CITY — In an age when even toasters can connect with the internet, when people get their news from Facebook and babies have Instagram accounts, our lives are increasingly digital.

Exploring what that means and how rapidly changing technology impacts the way we live is the focus of the University of Iowa’s 2017 theme semester, “Our Lives Online.”

DITV News: Spring Theme

Posted on Mon, 12/19/2016 - 10:49

In the spring of 2015, the Provost's Office of Outreach and Engagement began the Theme Semester progarm.

UI TO TAKE AIM AT ONLINE LIVES

Posted on Mon, 12/19/2016 - 10:46

A program at the University of Iowa is providing collaborative opportunities for teaching, engagement, and learning both on campus and throughout the state of Iowa.

UI, greater community unite for annual Theme Semester

Posted on Wed, 12/14/2016 - 11:06

The University of Iowa offers majors, minors, and certificates in more than 200 areas of study, from the arts, sciences, and humanities, to practicing degrees in medicine, dentistry and law. It’s also a campus that welcomes diversity among its students, researchers, and teachers. But what can happen if people from these various fields of study and from different backgrounds and perspectives collectively devote their time, energy, and knowledge to a common topic?