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

GPSG Meetings Spring 2026

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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

Tickets open on March 1, 2026

Follow us on Instagram (uiowagpsg) for the latest updates!

Events Around Campus

CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive promotional image

CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive

Monday, March 30 to Friday, April 17, 2026 (all day)
CLAS Staff Council
CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive
Laurie Hernandez: "I've Got This" promotional image

Laurie Hernandez: "I've Got This"

Monday, March 30, 2026 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Since bringing home the gold and silver medals from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Laurie has won the coveted Mirror ball trophy on Dancing with the Stars Season 23 and published her first New York Times bestselling book titled I Got This: To Gold and Beyond. In 2018, she released a NYT bestseller children’s picture book She’s Got This, and Mattel created a Laurie Hernandez Shero Barbie to honor her and her Latina heritage.

She has served as the KPMG Literacy Champion to promote readership as a path...

Junior Recital: Xavier Vongphakdy, double bass

Monday, March 30, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Junior Recital: Xavier Vongphakdy, double bass

This concert is free and open to the public.

CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive promotional image

CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive

Tuesday, March 31 to Friday, April 17, 2026 (all day)
CLAS Staff Council
CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive
Call for Nominations: 2026 UI Family Spirit Award promotional image

Call for Nominations: 2026 UI Family Spirit Award

Tuesday, March 31 to Thursday, April 9, 2026 (all day)
Virtual
Calling all Hawkeyes! It’s time to nominate your favorite family for the 2026 University of Iowa Family Spirit Award.

Introduction to ChatGPT Edu: Key Features and Best Practices

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 9:00am to 10:00am
Virtual
An introductory training to ChatGPT Edu
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Seminar, Tatjana Jakobs, MD promotional image

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Seminar, Tatjana Jakobs, MD

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 9:30am to 10:30am
Bowen Science Building
College of Pharmacy PSET Seminar Series: Yuan Zhang, PhD promotional image

College of Pharmacy PSET Seminar Series: Yuan Zhang, PhD

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 11:30am
College of Pharmacy Building

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics (PSET) in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by: 

Yuan Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

All are welcome to attend. No pre-registration required.

Quizzes: ICON User Group promotional image

Quizzes: ICON User Group

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual

This session of the ICON User Group will start with an overview of how to use Quizzes and Respondus Lockdown Browser in ICON and then lead into faculty discussing how they use ICON, asking each other questions and giving each other tips. All instructors are welcome to attend ICON User Group sessions.

Register for the event.

The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences research, ICON, teaching...

Spring Panel Series: AI Across the Disciplines promotional image

Spring Panel Series: AI Across the Disciplines

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
An interdisciplinary panel on artificial intelligence featuring speakers from medicine, business, and philosophy.

Academic Success Workshop presented by Professor Graham

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Boyd Law Building

CCC Community Potluck

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Boyd Law Building

The CCC is hosting a Law School Community Potluck to celebrate the start of classes after Spring Break on Tuesday, March 31st from 12:30-2 in the Student Lounge (BLB 494).

Food brings people together. In past years, the law school has hosted a cultural showcase to highlight the many traditions among our community members. This year, we are changing up the format to welcome all law school community members to share a dish that carries a special meaning — whether that is your cultural heritage...

Canceled

Lawyering With Care: An Introduction to Trauma-Informed Practice

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 12:45pm to 2:00pm
Boyd Law Building

Join Alexandra Doner, a family law attorney with Simmons Perrine PLC, for an introduction to trauma-informed lawyering and why it matters for your future clients.

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Crafternoon

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Get crafty with us at Crafternoon! Join us for various fun crafts Tuesday, March 31 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Homecoming Room at the IMU.✂🖇

Registration of a student organization does not imply University of Iowa endorsement of its views, activities, or content. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in a student organization activity, please fill out the accommodations form in the link in our instagram bio (@uiowacab) in advance.

Operator Theory Seminar - Professor Raúl Curto; Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa promotional image

Operator Theory Seminar - Professor Raúl Curto; Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 1:30pm to 2:20pm
Van Allen Hall
Operator Theory Seminar
Masterclass: Clara Obligado (Ida Beam / José Donoso Series) promotional image

Masterclass: Clara Obligado (Ida Beam / José Donoso Series)

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Phillips Hall
A Conversation with Clara Obligado
Mathematical Physics Seminar - Professor Palle Jorgensen; Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa promotional image

Mathematical Physics Seminar - Professor Palle Jorgensen; Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 2:30pm to 3:20pm
Van Allen Hall
Mathematical Physics Seminar

Leveraging Microsoft Copilot: How AI Can Assist You

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Virtual
An introductory training on Copilot

Seminar Series: Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Bowen Science Building

Each semester, we are proud to host outstanding seminar speakers. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

Physics & Astronomy Colloquium - Xiaojun Yao, PhD; Department of Physics, University of Washington promotional image

Physics & Astronomy Colloquium - Xiaojun Yao, PhD; Department of Physics, University of Washington

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Van Allen Hall
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium
Women Who Have Shaped Me promotional image

Women Who Have Shaped Me

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Sacred Collective
A Reading and talk with Venise Berry and Jannette Y. Taylor

Legal Theory Reading Group

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 5:30pm to 6:45pm
Big Grove Brewery

Newcomers always welcome! At each LTRG meeting, we discuss a recent work tackling contemporary issues in legal theory. Professors Diamantis (law), Davidovic (philosophy), Hasan (philosophy), Patridge (law) and Jordan (law) will entertain you with stupid human tricks and smart discussion prompts. Meetings are low key and friendly. The whole point is to have fun! The only expectation is that you come prepared to discuss.

Guest Oboe Recital: Heather Huckleberry, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Guest Oboe Recital: Heather Huckleberry, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

This concert is free and open to the public.

Canceled
CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive promotional image

CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive

Wednesday, April 1 to Friday, April 17, 2026 (all day)
CLAS Staff Council
CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive
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