The UICHR hosts diverse collaborative events and innovative programs, teaches Human Rights courses, and engages in scholarly work reaching the UI community, the state of Iowa, and beyond.
The Center, a unit of the UI College of Law, teaches and collaborates with community organizations and UI departments, scholars, and student groups. UICHR’s publicly engaged programs and initiatives include:
Certificate in Human Rights
The Center for Human Rights offers the undergraduate Certificate in Human Rights, awarded by the College of Law.
Working Groups
The UICHR supports faculty working groups to encourage innovative, interdisciplinary research and scholarship on campus.
Iowa Human Rights Network
The Iowa Human Rights Network is a collective of faculty members from institutions across the state of Iowa.
Events
Homecoming 2026: A Fireside Chat with Hill Harper
Hill Harper is a humanitarian, an award-winning actor, best-selling author, entrepreneur, health and wellness ambassador/educator and philanthropist. Harper is perhaps most recognizable for his starring role in the CBS hit television drama CSI: NY, where he played eccentric Dr. Sheldon Hawkes from 2004 to 2013 for which Harper won three NAACP Image Awards for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Subsequently, Harper returned to CBS starring in Covert Affairs, the fast-paced drama Limitless, and...
