The Graduate and Professional Student Government hosts a wide variety of events throughout the year! 

GPSG Meetings Spring 2026

meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)

GPSG Events

GPSG Ball 2026

The ticket request period has now closed. All attendees who RSVP’d will receive additional details from GPSG soon.

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Events Around Campus

Joint Recital: Jack Power and Lily Schloss, Voice

Sunday, April 12, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Joint Recital: Jack Power and Lily Schloss, Voice

This concert is free and open to the public.

CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive promotional image

CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive

Monday, April 13 to Friday, April 17, 2026 (all day)
CLAS Staff Council
CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive
Physics and Astronomy Thesis Defense Seminar - Philip Kopp promotional image

Physics and Astronomy Thesis Defense Seminar - Philip Kopp

Monday, April 13, 2026 9:30am
Van Allen Hall
Physics and Astronomy Thesis Defense Seminar - Philip Kopp
Biology PhD Dissertation Seminar: "Immune system involvement in spiral ganglion neurodegeneration after inner ear hair cell loss" promotional image

Biology PhD Dissertation Seminar: "Immune system involvement in spiral ganglion neurodegeneration after inner ear hair cell loss"

Monday, April 13, 2026 10:00am
Biology Building East
Adrianna Caro, a PhD candidate in the Integrated Biology (iBio) Graduate Program, will be defending her dissertation on Monday, April 13, at 10:00am in Room 106, Biology Building East (BBE), and via Zoom (see attached flyer for Zoom link).
Microbiology Graduate Program - PhD Thesis Seminar - Riley McFarlane promotional image

Microbiology Graduate Program - PhD Thesis Seminar - Riley McFarlane

Monday, April 13, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Bowen Science Building

Microbiology PhD Thesis Seminar - PhD Candidate - Riley McFarlane
Seminar Title: Stress management: a balancing act performed by Staphylococcus aureus

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Economics: Rakesh Vohra

Monday, April 13, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Rakesh Vohra is the George A. Weiss and Lydia Bravo Weiss University Professor in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, April 13, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building

Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion!

This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science.

Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.

Clinical Science Rounds: Mark Niciu promotional image

Clinical Science Rounds: Mark Niciu

Monday, April 13, 2026 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Psychological and Brain Sciences Building

Dr. Niciu is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. The Niciu Lab is broadly interested in the pathophysiology and experimental therapeutics of major mood disorders, particularly glutamate and subanesthetic-dose ketamine in treatment-resistant major depression. His work is also aimed at furthering the identification, replication, and dissemination of antidepressant response biomarkers.

Physics and Astronomy Thesis Defense Seminar - Yogendra Limbu promotional image

Physics and Astronomy Thesis Defense Seminar - Yogendra Limbu

Monday, April 13, 2026 1:30pm
Van Allen Hall
Harper Folsom — "I'll Make It A Home" An MFA Thesis Exhibition  promotional image

Harper Folsom — "I'll Make It A Home" An MFA Thesis Exhibition

Monday, April 13, 2026 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Sacred Collective
Harper Folsom's MFA Thesis Exhibition, "I'll Make It A Home"

Spring 2026 Basic Self-Defense Course

Monday, April 13, 2026 5:00pm to 9:00pm
University Capitol Centre
Spring 2026 Women's Basic Self-Defense Course
Playwrights Workshop Reading: BOSIE (or the fag/hag play) promotional image

Playwrights Workshop Reading: BOSIE (or the fag/hag play)

Monday, April 13, 2026 5:30pm
Theatre Building

By Zoe Senese-Grossberg

I want to tell you a story about the most beautiful boy alive. He killed Oscar Wilde. That's what they say. But I love him. He's my best friend.

Please be advised this play contains discussions of homophobia, pedophilia, suicide, bipolar disorder, and sexual assault, and depictions of sexual situations.

Part of Theatre Arts' Reading Series

Tickets:
Tickets for readings are free of charge; seating is limited.

Daniel Di Martino on Venezuela & the Evils of Socialism promotional image

Daniel Di Martino on Venezuela & the Evils of Socialism

Monday, April 13, 2026 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
YAF Guest Speaker Daniel Di Martino Visits the University of Iowa!

Recital: Matthew Freund, Moosa Hamad, and Karena Jensen, Horn

Monday, April 13, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Recital: Matthew Freund, Moosa Hamad, and Karena Jensen, Horn

Click here for program.

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

This concert is free and open to the public.

UI Jazz: Combo Workshop

Monday, April 13, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

UI Jazz: Combo Workshop

This concert is free and open to the public.

CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive promotional image

CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive

Tuesday, April 14 to Friday, April 17, 2026 (all day)
CLAS Staff Council
CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive
Innovation Challenge For Graduates/Faculty/Staff promotional image

Innovation Challenge For Graduates/Faculty/Staff

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 9:00am to 3:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Innovation Challenge is a university-wide competition with the goal to identify, advance and support the most innovative and entrepreneurial projects on campus.

REDCap Advanced Training

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the fourth step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover advanced features such as:

Importing data from a CSV file

Ways to customize your data entry experience with form display logic

Making your forms more dynamic and personalized with context aware smart variables

Sending automated, conditional email alerts

Ensuring data is high quality by executing data quality rules, creating data 'missingness' codes, and opening data queries

Register by clicking the virtual event link...

Advice for 2L Year: Balancing the Books and Beyond

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Boyd Law Building

Juggling classes, job search, and cocurricular commitments can be challenging. This program offers students concrete strategies and success tips from 2L and 3L Peer Advisors for time management, academic planning, and stress reduction as you plan for your second year at BLB. Participants will explore ways to stay organized, maximize study time, and maintain involvement outside the classroom while supporting their overall well-being.

Please RSVP in Outlook so we can order an appropriate amount of...

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Seminar - Scott Mittelstadt, PhD promotional image

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Seminar - Scott Mittelstadt, PhD

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 10:30am to 11:30am
Medical Education Research Facility

Preclinical Safety in Drug Development

Scott Mittelstadt, PhD
Vice President of Preclinical Safety
AbbVie Inc.

Microsoft Teams: Customize with Apps promotional image

Microsoft Teams: Customize with Apps

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual

This course will show you how to utilize applications in a channel, meeting, or chat to extend the capabilities of your team. We will talk about using personal applications to help streamline and organize your work within Microsoft Teams. The apps covered in this course include OneNote, Forms, Planner, and Viva Learning. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before taking this course. To schedule additional Microsoft Teams training for your department, team, or...

Pedagogical Lunch (Craft and Method)

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
English-Philosophy Building

Only open to faculty, graduate students, and staff in English.

Come discuss core curriculum and learning outcomes for our courses.

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BMB Research Workshop

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Medical Education Research Facility

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology holds research workshops featuring internal speakers on Tuesdays, 12:30-1:20pm. For Spring 2026, these will occur in 2117 MERF. Presentation titles are not publicly available due to the use of unpublished research. Individuals interested in attending workshops or being added to the email list should contact the office at biochem@uiowa.edu.

Jan. 20: CANCELED

Jan. 27: Lori Wallrath, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Feb. 3...

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