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Events

Iowa Bibliophiles: The Poison Book Project promotional image

Iowa Bibliophiles: The Poison Book Project

Thursday, October 22, 2026 6:00pm to 7:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library

The Poison Book Project: The Mysterious History of Victorian-Era 'Poison Books' and Their Legacy Today

Are there really old books full of arsenic and other toxic heavy metals? How common are they? How dangerous are they? Why were they made at all? Melissa Tedone, co-founder of the Poison Book Project, will share the colorful history of Victorian bookbinding and its legacy on our bookshelves today.

Dr. Tedone is an Assistant Professor in the University of Delaware Department of Art Conservation and...

Central States Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting

Friday, October 23, 2026 8:00am to 3:30pm
College of Public Health Building

The Central States Society of Toxicology will be holding their annual meeting with the theme of “Bridging Discovery and Regulation: NAMs Across the Toxicology Continuum” at the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa.

For registration and information please go to their website.

CS Colloquium - Groundwork for Open Speech Foundation Models: Data, Recipes, and Task-Specific Models promotional image

CS Colloquium - Groundwork for Open Speech Foundation Models: Data, Recipes, and Task-Specific Models

Friday, October 23, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Schaeffer Hall
Building speech foundation models is no longer the exclusive domain of large companies. Task-specific models are not a stepping stone to be replaced by foundation models; task-specific linguistic and phonetic tools are the key to the groundwork.
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