News & Events
The UICHR encourages the active participation of faculty, students, and others both within and beyond the UI campus in the conception and execution of its diverse activities. Among the events planned by the UICHR are periodic academic conferences and symposia. Upcoming events are listed below!
You can learn more about past UICHR-sponsored events by checking our press releases. To learn more about upcoming events and activities of the UICHR, visit our interactive Web-based calendar, or sign up for our electronic mailing list to receive weekly updates on what's new at the UICHR.
Upcoming Events
Screening of King Corn and Lecture by Ian Cheney
Thursday, November 19, 2009 from 7:00- 10:00 pm at the Iowa City Public Library in Meeting Rooms A, B and C.
One Community, One Book and ECO-Iowa City present the documentary King Corn as part of the ECO-Iowa City Film Festival. Following the film, Ian Cheney, King Corn writer and co-producer will give a lecture. This program is free and open to the public, with refreshments provided by New Pioneer Co-op. This event will be broadcast LIVE on The Library Channel, Iowa City cable channel 10.
In their documentary King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis hope to learn more about America's food by moving to Greene, Iowa and planting an acre of corn. They follow their crop as it moves into the food supply, showing how corn affects the way Americans eat and farm. 2007. 88 minutes.
Human Rights in the News
UICHR Staff Member Featured in the UI News
AmeriCorps VISTA workers to help connect UI students and community
College students' lives are largely defined by academic work, a world of theory and abstraction. To help them move beyond the academic bubble, volunteers with an organization dedicated to fighting poverty will work this coming year to educate students about the issues facing the greater Iowa City community and enlist them in finding solutions.
AmeriCorps VISTA worker Nick Stuber, 23, will work with the UI Center for Human Rights to support its mission of promoting and protecting human rights at home and abroad. And fellow VISTA worker Erin Gorman, 22, will work with the UI's Civic Engagement Program to strengthen students' commitment to citizenship. Click here to read the full story!